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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... whole . His Congressional career , and his campaign with Senator Douglas are presented in outline , yet so , it is believed , that a clear idea of these incidents in his life can be obtained . After the time of his election as President ...
... whole . His Congressional career , and his campaign with Senator Douglas are presented in outline , yet so , it is believed , that a clear idea of these incidents in his life can be obtained . After the time of his election as President ...
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... whole question of slavery to one of a mere right of property ; and as such , how can he oppose the foreign slave - trade - how can he refuse that trade in that ' property ' shall be ' perfectly free ' unless he does it as a protection ...
... whole question of slavery to one of a mere right of property ; and as such , how can he oppose the foreign slave - trade - how can he refuse that trade in that ' property ' shall be ' perfectly free ' unless he does it as a protection ...
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... whole great family of man . In their enlightened belief , no- thing stamped with the Divine image and likeness was sent into the world to be trodden on , and degraded , and imbruted by its fellows . They grasped not only the race of men ...
... whole great family of man . In their enlightened belief , no- thing stamped with the Divine image and likeness was sent into the world to be trodden on , and degraded , and imbruted by its fellows . They grasped not only the race of men ...
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... whole nation at that time . Their names being familiar to nearly all , and accessible to quite all , need not now be repeated . " I take these thirty - nine , ' for the present , as being ' our fathers who framed the Government under ...
... whole nation at that time . Their names being familiar to nearly all , and accessible to quite all , need not now be repeated . " I take these thirty - nine , ' for the present , as being ' our fathers who framed the Government under ...
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... whole is , that of our ' thirty - nine ' fathers who framed the original Constitution , twenty - one - a clear majority of the whole - certainly understood that no proper division of local from Federal authority nor any part of the ...
... whole is , that of our ' thirty - nine ' fathers who framed the original Constitution , twenty - one - a clear majority of the whole - certainly understood that no proper division of local from Federal authority nor any part of the ...
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