The Life and Public Services of Abraham Lincoln ...: Together with His State Papers, Including His Speeches, Addresses, Messages, Letters, and Proclamations, and the Closing Scenes Connected with His Life and Death |
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... interest the life and public acts of one whose work was at once so great and so successful . The principles which guided his conduct , and the policy by which he sought to carry them out— the temper and character which were the secret ...
... interest the life and public acts of one whose work was at once so great and so successful . The principles which guided his conduct , and the policy by which he sought to carry them out— the temper and character which were the secret ...
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... interest . I find myself wholly unable to form any conjecture of what fact or facts , real or supposed , you spoke . But my opinion of your veracity will not permit me , for a moment , to doubt that you , at least , believed what you ...
... interest . I find myself wholly unable to form any conjecture of what fact or facts , real or supposed , you spoke . But my opinion of your veracity will not permit me , for a moment , to doubt that you , at least , believed what you ...
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... interest , reads as follows : - MARCH 8 , 1837 . The following protest was presented to the House , which was read and ordered to be spread on the journals , to wit : " Resolutions upon the subject of domestic slavery having passed both ...
... interest , reads as follows : - MARCH 8 , 1837 . The following protest was presented to the House , which was read and ordered to be spread on the journals , to wit : " Resolutions upon the subject of domestic slavery having passed both ...
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... interest in him , lent him books to read , and , after the season for work was over , encour- aged him to remain with them until he should find some- thing " to turn his hand to . " They also hoped much from his influence over their son ...
... interest in him , lent him books to read , and , after the season for work was over , encour- aged him to remain with them until he should find some- thing " to turn his hand to . " They also hoped much from his influence over their son ...
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... interest to the country . The Mexican War was in progress , and Congress had to deal with grave questions arising out of it , besides determining and providing the means by which it was to be carried on . The irrepressible Slavery ...
... interest to the country . The Mexican War was in progress , and Congress had to deal with grave questions arising out of it , besides determining and providing the means by which it was to be carried on . The irrepressible Slavery ...
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