Life of Abraham Lincoln, Sixteenth President of the United States: Containing His Early History and Political Career; Together with the Speeches, Messages, Proclamations and Other Official Documents Illustrative of His Eventful Administration |
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... cause of Henry Clay , in a State at that time decidedly opposed to his great leader , and received a gratifying evidence of his personal popularity where he was best known , in securing an almost unanimous vote in his own precinct in ...
... cause of Henry Clay , in a State at that time decidedly opposed to his great leader , and received a gratifying evidence of his personal popularity where he was best known , in securing an almost unanimous vote in his own precinct in ...
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... cause may have assistance from his great ability , I hope to have inter- posed no adventitious obstacle . " But clearly , he is not now with us he does not pretend to be he does not promise ever to be . Our cause , then , must be ...
... cause may have assistance from his great ability , I hope to have inter- posed no adventitious obstacle . " But clearly , he is not now with us he does not pretend to be he does not promise ever to be . Our cause , then , must be ...
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... cause , man for man , as any other people living ; that you have shown yourselves capable of this upon various occasions ; but , man for man , you are not better than we are , and there are not so many of you as there are of us . You ...
... cause , man for man , as any other people living ; that you have shown yourselves capable of this upon various occasions ; but , man for man , you are not better than we are , and there are not so many of you as there are of us . You ...
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... cause , he thought it improper to vote for it . " In 1787 , still before the Constitution , but while the Con- vention was in session framing it , and while the North- western Territory still was the only territory owned by the United ...
... cause , he thought it improper to vote for it . " In 1787 , still before the Constitution , but while the Con- vention was in session framing it , and while the North- western Territory still was the only territory owned by the United ...
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... cause . " a This was at once clinched by a recommendation that “ well - instructed , disciplined army , more numerous than would usually be required , on a peace establishment , " should be at once organized and put in training for the ...
... cause . " a This was at once clinched by a recommendation that “ well - instructed , disciplined army , more numerous than would usually be required , on a peace establishment , " should be at once organized and put in training for the ...
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