The Wit and Wisdom of Abraham Lincoln, as Reflected in His Briefer Letters and Speeches |
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Consequently , I go for admitting all whites to the right of suffrage who pay taxes or bear arms ( by no means excluding females ) . If elected , I shall consider the whole people of [ 3 ] To the Editor of the Sangamon Journal.
Consequently , I go for admitting all whites to the right of suffrage who pay taxes or bear arms ( by no means excluding females ) . If elected , I shall consider the whole people of [ 3 ] To the Editor of the Sangamon Journal.
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In this I do not mean you shall go off to St. Louis , or the lead mines , or the gold mines in California , but I mean for you to go at it for the best wages you can get close to home in Coles County .
In this I do not mean you shall go off to St. Louis , or the lead mines , or the gold mines in California , but I mean for you to go at it for the best wages you can get close to home in Coles County .
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Let us diligently apply the means , never doubting that a just God , in his own good time , will give us the rightful result . Yours very truly , A. LINCOLN mm " ... the plain truth .... wwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww ...
Let us diligently apply the means , never doubting that a just God , in his own good time , will give us the rightful result . Yours very truly , A. LINCOLN mm " ... the plain truth .... wwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww ...
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POSTMASTER LAWYER REPRESENTATIVE OF | 1 |
To William H Herndon | 16 |
To Stephen A Douglas | 55 |
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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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