The Wit and Wisdom of Abraham Lincoln, as Reflected in His Briefer Letters and Speeches |
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... live with the land , how will you then live without it ? You have always been kind to me , and I do not mean to be unkind to you . On the contrary , if you will but follow my advice , you will find it worth more than eighty times eighty ...
... live with the land , how will you then live without it ? You have always been kind to me , and I do not mean to be unkind to you . On the contrary , if you will but follow my advice , you will find it worth more than eighty times eighty ...
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... live and move to Missouri . I have been thinking of this ever since , and can- not but think such a notion is utterly foolish . What can you do in Missouri better than here ? Is the land any richer ? Can you there , any more than here ...
... live and move to Missouri . I have been thinking of this ever since , and can- not but think such a notion is utterly foolish . What can you do in Missouri better than here ? Is the land any richer ? Can you there , any more than here ...
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... lives that that nation might live . It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this . But , in a larger sense , we cannot dedicate - we cannot consecrate - we cannot hallow - this ground . The brave men , living and dead ...
... lives that that nation might live . It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this . But , in a larger sense , we cannot dedicate - we cannot consecrate - we cannot hallow - this ground . The brave men , living and dead ...
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To Mary Owens | 7 |
To Joshua F Speed | 15 |
To Abraham Bale | 27 |
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