The Wit and Wisdom of Abraham Lincoln, as Reflected in His Briefer Letters and Speeches |
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... Party was formed Lincoln worked hard for its success , but declined when the President of Illinois College suggested that he himself be the young party's candidate for Congress . LETTER TO JULIAN M. STURTEVANT Y DEAR SIR : MY ...
... Party was formed Lincoln worked hard for its success , but declined when the President of Illinois College suggested that he himself be the young party's candidate for Congress . LETTER TO JULIAN M. STURTEVANT Y DEAR SIR : MY ...
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... party opposed to Jefferson should now be celebrating his birthday in their own original seat of empire , while those claiming political descent from him have nearly ceased to breathe his name every- where . Remembering , too , that the ...
... party opposed to Jefferson should now be celebrating his birthday in their own original seat of empire , while those claiming political descent from him have nearly ceased to breathe his name every- where . Remembering , too , that the ...
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... party expected for the war the magni- tude or the duration which it has already attained . Neither anticipated that the cause of the conflict might cease with , or even before , the conflict itself should cease . Each looked for an ...
... party expected for the war the magni- tude or the duration which it has already attained . Neither anticipated that the cause of the conflict might cease with , or even before , the conflict itself should cease . Each looked for an ...
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To Mary Owens | 7 |
To Joshua F Speed | 15 |
To Abraham Bale | 27 |
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