The Wit and Wisdom of Abraham Lincoln, as Reflected in His Briefer Letters and Speeches |
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... Gettysburg Address www THE Gettysburg Address , which gained [ 203 ] To Secretary-of-War Edwin M Stanton.
... Gettysburg Address www THE Gettysburg Address , which gained [ 203 ] To Secretary-of-War Edwin M Stanton.
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Abraham Lincoln H. Jack Lang. The Gettysburg Address www THE Gettysburg Address , which gained immortality for its author , and ranks as one of the greatest speeches in the Eng- lish language , consists of only 10 sentences and 266 words ...
Abraham Lincoln H. Jack Lang. The Gettysburg Address www THE Gettysburg Address , which gained immortality for its author , and ranks as one of the greatest speeches in the Eng- lish language , consists of only 10 sentences and 266 words ...
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... Gettysburg , Edward Ev- erett , who was the principal speaker of the day , wrote to Lincoln , " I should be glad if I could flatter myself that I came as near the central idea of the occasion in two hours as you did in two minutes ...
... Gettysburg , Edward Ev- erett , who was the principal speaker of the day , wrote to Lincoln , " I should be glad if I could flatter myself that I came as near the central idea of the occasion in two hours as you did in two minutes ...
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To Mary Owens | 7 |
To Joshua F Speed | 15 |
To Abraham Bale | 27 |
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