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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... principles which guided his conduct , and the policy by which he sought to carry them out— the temper and character which were the secret sources of his strength - will be sought and found in the acts and words of his public life . For ...
... principles which guided his conduct , and the policy by which he sought to carry them out— the temper and character which were the secret sources of his strength - will be sought and found in the acts and words of his public life . For ...
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... principle involved in the bill , therefore , was the same one which the slaveholders had struggled in so many ways to main- tain . As they sought afterwards to have it established by a decision of the Supreme Court , so now they tried ...
... principle involved in the bill , therefore , was the same one which the slaveholders had struggled in so many ways to main- tain . As they sought afterwards to have it established by a decision of the Supreme Court , so now they tried ...
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... principle " of popular sovereignty , and de- sired that the inhabitants of Kansas and Nebraska should govern themselves , as they were well able to do . fallacy of drawing from these premises the conclusion that they therefore should ...
... principle " of popular sovereignty , and de- sired that the inhabitants of Kansas and Nebraska should govern themselves , as they were well able to do . fallacy of drawing from these premises the conclusion that they therefore should ...
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... principles , and " his much - vaunted doctrine of self - government for the Territories , " by suggesting such a plan . He then defended the course of action which the Republicans in Kansas had adopted , and ridiculed mercilessly the ...
... principles , and " his much - vaunted doctrine of self - government for the Territories , " by suggesting such a plan . He then defended the course of action which the Republicans in Kansas had adopted , and ridiculed mercilessly the ...
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... principles of the soundness of which he was himself satisfied , even against the judgment of earnest friends . On the 4th of March , 1857 , Mr. Buchanan had taken his seat in the Presidential chair . The struggle between freedom and ...
... principles of the soundness of which he was himself satisfied , even against the judgment of earnest friends . On the 4th of March , 1857 , Mr. Buchanan had taken his seat in the Presidential chair . The struggle between freedom and ...
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