The Wit and Wisdom of Abraham Lincoln, as Reflected in His Briefer Letters and Speeches |
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I also acknowledge your rights and my obligations under the Constitution in regard to your slaves . I confess I hate to see the poor creatures hunted down and caught and carried back to their stripes and unrequited toil ; but I bite my ...
I also acknowledge your rights and my obligations under the Constitution in regard to your slaves . I confess I hate to see the poor creatures hunted down and caught and carried back to their stripes and unrequited toil ; but I bite my ...
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that I would , to the best of my ability , preserve , protect , and defend the Constitution of the United States . I could not take the office without taking the oath . Nor was it my view that I might take an oath to get power ...
that I would , to the best of my ability , preserve , protect , and defend the Constitution of the United States . I could not take the office without taking the oath . Nor was it my view that I might take an oath to get power ...
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I could not feel that , to the best of my ability , I had even tried to preserve the Constitution , if , to save slavery or any minor matter , I should permit the wreck of government , country , and Constitution all together .
I could not feel that , to the best of my ability , I had even tried to preserve the Constitution , if , to save slavery or any minor matter , I should permit the wreck of government , country , and Constitution all together .
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To Mary Owens | 7 |
To Joshua F Speed | 15 |
To Abraham Bale | 27 |
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| Title | The Wit and Wisdom of Abraham Lincoln, as Reflected in His Briefer Letters and Speeches |
| Author | Abraham Lincoln |
| Editor | H. Jack Lang |
| Publisher | Greenberg, 1941 |
| Original from | the University of Virginia |
| Digitized | 17 Nov 2010 |
| Length | 265 pages |
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