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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... wrong as against any foreign power . In this instance , Mr. Lincoln saw that the strength of the position of the Administration before the people , in reference to the beginning of the war , was in the point , which they lost no ...
... wrong as against any foreign power . In this instance , Mr. Lincoln saw that the strength of the position of the Administration before the people , in reference to the beginning of the war , was in the point , which they lost no ...
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... wrong places . Adopt and adhere to this course , and , it seems to me , the difficulty is cleared . One of the gentlemen from South Carolina [ Mr. Rhett ] very much de- precates these statistics . He particularly objects , as I ...
... wrong places . Adopt and adhere to this course , and , it seems to me , the difficulty is cleared . One of the gentlemen from South Carolina [ Mr. Rhett ] very much de- precates these statistics . He particularly objects , as I ...
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... wrong . But can we , for that reason , run ahead , and infer that he will make any particular change , of which he himself has given no intimation ? Can we safely base our action upon any such vague in- ference ? Now , as ever , I wish ...
... wrong . But can we , for that reason , run ahead , and infer that he will make any particular change , of which he himself has given no intimation ? Can we safely base our action upon any such vague in- ference ? Now , as ever , I wish ...
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... wrong in slavery . Every thing that emanates from him or his coadjutors in their course of policy , carefully excludes the thought that there is any thing wrong in slavery . All their arguments , if you will consider them , will be seen ...
... wrong in slavery . Every thing that emanates from him or his coadjutors in their course of policy , carefully excludes the thought that there is any thing wrong in slavery . All their arguments , if you will consider them , will be seen ...
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... wrong , you cannot institute any equality be- tween right and wrong . And from this difference of sentiment - the belief on the part of one that the institution is wrong , and a policy springing from that belief which looks to the ...
... wrong , you cannot institute any equality be- tween right and wrong . And from this difference of sentiment - the belief on the part of one that the institution is wrong , and a policy springing from that belief which looks to the ...
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