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... LAWYERS 9- IV SLAVERY . 15 v SLAVERY . 18 : VI THE REAL SOUTHERN VIEW OF SLAVERY . 20 VII THE RIGHT OF SELF - GOV- ERNMENT 26 VIII MEANING OF THE DECLARA- TION OF INDEPENDENCE 30 IX " A HOUSE DIVIDED AGAINST ITSELF CANNOT STAND " 34 X ...
... LAWYERS 9- IV SLAVERY . 15 v SLAVERY . 18 : VI THE REAL SOUTHERN VIEW OF SLAVERY . 20 VII THE RIGHT OF SELF - GOV- ERNMENT 26 VIII MEANING OF THE DECLARA- TION OF INDEPENDENCE 30 IX " A HOUSE DIVIDED AGAINST ITSELF CANNOT STAND " 34 X ...
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... lawyers , in plain and direct language before plain and simple - minded audi- tors , either in political discus- sion or in the court - room ; either in the capital or in the country towns of Illinois . His mathemat- ical and legal ...
... lawyers , in plain and direct language before plain and simple - minded audi- tors , either in political discus- sion or in the court - room ; either in the capital or in the country towns of Illinois . His mathemat- ical and legal ...
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... In Lincoln we have the able and practised attorney , with one side of his nature open to the eternal ; in Douglas the skilful lawyer , adroit and ambitious , not easily moved by the moral appeals which so quickly took hold xxxi.
... In Lincoln we have the able and practised attorney , with one side of his nature open to the eternal ; in Douglas the skilful lawyer , adroit and ambitious , not easily moved by the moral appeals which so quickly took hold xxxi.
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Passages from His Speeches and Letters Abraham Lincoln. your feelings . If so , you must pardon me . You know the hell I have suffered on that point , and how tender I am upon it . ADVICE TO YOUNG LAWYERS Notes for a law lecture , 8.
Passages from His Speeches and Letters Abraham Lincoln. your feelings . If so , you must pardon me . You know the hell I have suffered on that point , and how tender I am upon it . ADVICE TO YOUNG LAWYERS Notes for a law lecture , 8.
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... let your correspondence fall behind . Whatever piece of business you have in hand , before stopping , do all the la- bor pertaining to it which can 1 then be done . When you bring a common 9 III ADVICE TO YOUNG LAWYERS.
... let your correspondence fall behind . Whatever piece of business you have in hand , before stopping , do all the la- bor pertaining to it which can 1 then be done . When you bring a common 9 III ADVICE TO YOUNG LAWYERS.
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