The Wit and Wisdom of Abraham Lincoln, as Reflected in His Briefer Letters and Speeches |
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... attempt to provision Fort Sumter ; to General Meade , who failed to pursue his advantage after Gettysburg ; and to the Army of the Potomac after their crushing defeat at Fredericksburg , best show Lincoln's sympathetic understanding ...
... attempt to provision Fort Sumter ; to General Meade , who failed to pursue his advantage after Gettysburg ; and to the Army of the Potomac after their crushing defeat at Fredericksburg , best show Lincoln's sympathetic understanding ...
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... attempt to decline it , ap- pointed me one of the delegates ; so that in get- ting Baker the nomination I shall be fixed a good deal like a fellow who is made a groomsman to a man that has cut him out and is marrying his own dear " gal ...
... attempt to decline it , ap- pointed me one of the delegates ; so that in get- ting Baker the nomination I shall be fixed a good deal like a fellow who is made a groomsman to a man that has cut him out and is marrying his own dear " gal ...
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... attempted military emancipation , I forbade it , be- cause I did not then think it an indispensable necessity . When , a little later , General Cameron , then Secretary of War , suggested the arming of the blacks , I objected because I ...
... attempted military emancipation , I forbade it , be- cause I did not then think it an indispensable necessity . When , a little later , General Cameron , then Secretary of War , suggested the arming of the blacks , I objected because I ...
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