The Wit and Wisdom of Abraham Lincoln, as Reflected in His Briefer Letters and Speeches |
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My engagements are such that I cannot at any very early day visit Rock Island to deliver a lecture , or for any other object . As to the other matter you kindly mention , I must in candor say I do not think myself fit for the presidency ...
My engagements are such that I cannot at any very early day visit Rock Island to deliver a lecture , or for any other object . As to the other matter you kindly mention , I must in candor say I do not think myself fit for the presidency ...
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It is as follows : “ We are now far into the fifth year since a policy was initiated with the avowed object and confident promise of putting an end to slavery agitation . Under the operation of that policy that agitation has not only ...
It is as follows : “ We are now far into the fifth year since a policy was initiated with the avowed object and confident promise of putting an end to slavery agitation . Under the operation of that policy that agitation has not only ...
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To strengthen , perpetuate , and extend this interest was the object for which the insurgents would rend the Union , even by war ; while the government claimed no right to do more than to restrict the territorial enlargement of it .
To strengthen , perpetuate , and extend this interest was the object for which the insurgents would rend the Union , even by war ; while the government claimed no right to do more than to restrict the territorial enlargement of it .
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Contents
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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