Abraham Lincoln, Commander-in-chief of the Army and Navy of the United States: Annual Oration Delivered Before the Society of the Army of the PotomacThe Society, 1899 - 18 pages |
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... cause of the rebellion . had long foreseen that the country could not permanently endure partially slave , partially free ; he knew that slavery had been the basis of the controversies and dangers of the past . If tradition may be ...
... cause of the rebellion . had long foreseen that the country could not permanently endure partially slave , partially free ; he knew that slavery had been the basis of the controversies and dangers of the past . If tradition may be ...
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... cause was the essential qualification for high office and honor , and outweighing other considerations , atoned for past or present personal objection . At the opening of 1862 he appointed as chief of the War Department a man of ...
... cause was the essential qualification for high office and honor , and outweighing other considerations , atoned for past or present personal objection . At the opening of 1862 he appointed as chief of the War Department a man of ...
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... causes of the War of the Rebellion it is not uncommon to attribute the conditions which preceded it to the machinations of ... cause of the War was inherent in the very existence of slavery . Time and again the efforts of conservative ...
... causes of the War of the Rebellion it is not uncommon to attribute the conditions which preceded it to the machinations of ... cause of the War was inherent in the very existence of slavery . Time and again the efforts of conservative ...
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... causes which received his attention were too trivial to engage the thought of the Chief Magistrate of a great nation , the very fact of his willingness to see and hear all , endeared him to the people , who saw in him one of themselves ...
... causes which received his attention were too trivial to engage the thought of the Chief Magistrate of a great nation , the very fact of his willingness to see and hear all , endeared him to the people , who saw in him one of themselves ...
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... cause , which he steadily up- held , even when , for the moment , other forces seemed powerless . a Here was neither Cæsar nor Napoleon , but a popular leader such as befitted a Republic destined to preserve its popular form , though ...
... cause , which he steadily up- held , even when , for the moment , other forces seemed powerless . a Here was neither Cæsar nor Napoleon , but a popular leader such as befitted a Republic destined to preserve its popular form , though ...
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Abraham Lincoln, Commander-in-Chief of the Army and Navy of the United ... William Harrison Lambert No preview available - 2016 |
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