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I do not expect the Union to be dissolved : I do not expect the house to fall ; but I do expect it will cease to be divided . It will become all one thing , or all the other . Either the opponents of slavery will avert the further ...
I do not expect the Union to be dissolved : I do not expect the house to fall ; but I do expect it will cease to be divided . It will become all one thing , or all the other . Either the opponents of slavery will avert the further ...
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The older have learned ever to expect it . I am anxious to afford some alleviation of your present distress . Perfect relief is not possible , except with time . You cannot now realize that you will ( 152 )
The older have learned ever to expect it . I am anxious to afford some alleviation of your present distress . Perfect relief is not possible , except with time . You cannot now realize that you will ( 152 )
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It would be unreasonable to expect , and I do not expect [ that ] , you can now effect much . Your golden opportunity is gone , and I am distressed immeasurably because of it . I beg you will not consider this a prosecution or ...
It would be unreasonable to expect , and I do not expect [ that ] , you can now effect much . Your golden opportunity is gone , and I am distressed immeasurably because of it . I beg you will not consider this a prosecution or ...
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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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