The Wit and Wisdom of Abraham Lincoln, as Reflected in His Briefer Letters and Speeches |
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LETTER TO ROBERT ALLEN New Salem , June 21 , 1836 EAR COLONEL : DEAR I am told that during my absence last week you passed through this place , and stated publicly that you were in possession of a fact or facts which , if known to the ...
LETTER TO ROBERT ALLEN New Salem , June 21 , 1836 EAR COLONEL : DEAR I am told that during my absence last week you passed through this place , and stated publicly that you were in possession of a fact or facts which , if known to the ...
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I find myself wholly unable to form any conjecture of what fact or facts , real or supposed , you spoke ; but my opinion of your veracity will not permit me for a moment to doubt that you at least believed what you said .
I find myself wholly unable to form any conjecture of what fact or facts , real or supposed , you spoke ; but my opinion of your veracity will not permit me for a moment to doubt that you at least believed what you said .
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These are palpable facts , about which , as facts , there can be no caviling . We have the men ; and we could not have had them without the measure . “ And now let any Union man who complains of the measure test himself by writing down ...
These are palpable facts , about which , as facts , there can be no caviling . We have the men ; and we could not have had them without the measure . “ And now let any Union man who complains of the measure test himself by writing down ...
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POSTMASTER LAWYER REPRESENTATIVE OF | 1 |
To William H Herndon | 16 |
To Stephen A Douglas | 55 |
Copyright | |
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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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