The Wit and Wisdom of Abraham Lincoln, as Reflected in His Briefer Letters and Speeches |
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... express permission of anyone of them to do so , I have had some little difficulty in determining on which to inflict the task of reading what I now feel must be a most dull and silly letter ; but when I remem- bered that you and I were ...
... express permission of anyone of them to do so , I have had some little difficulty in determining on which to inflict the task of reading what I now feel must be a most dull and silly letter ; but when I remem- bered that you and I were ...
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... express astonishment or condemnation ? Poor Reeder is the only public man who has been silly enough to believe that anything like fairness was ever intended , and he has been bravely unde- ceived . That Kansas will form a slave ...
... express astonishment or condemnation ? Poor Reeder is the only public man who has been silly enough to believe that anything like fairness was ever intended , and he has been bravely unde- ceived . That Kansas will form a slave ...
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... express , in way , my entire satisfaction with what you have done up to this time , so far as I understand it . The particulars of your plans I neither know , or seek to know . You are vigilant and self - reliant , and , pleased with ...
... express , in way , my entire satisfaction with what you have done up to this time , so far as I understand it . The particulars of your plans I neither know , or seek to know . You are vigilant and self - reliant , and , pleased with ...
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To Mary Owens | 7 |
To Joshua F Speed | 15 |
To Abraham Bale | 27 |
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