The Wit and Wisdom of Abraham Lincoln, as Reflected in His Briefer Letters and Speeches |
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... is maintained in violence , and is being executed in violence . I say it was conceived in violence , because the destruction of the Missouri Compromise , under the circumstances , was nothing less than violence . It was passed ...
... is maintained in violence , and is being executed in violence . I say it was conceived in violence , because the destruction of the Missouri Compromise , under the circumstances , was nothing less than violence . It was passed ...
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In a day or two Douglas's orders came on to have resolutions passed approving the bill ; and they were passed by large majorities !!! The truth of this is vouched for by a bolting Democratic member . The masses , too , Democratic as ...
In a day or two Douglas's orders came on to have resolutions passed approving the bill ; and they were passed by large majorities !!! The truth of this is vouched for by a bolting Democratic member . The masses , too , Democratic as ...
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I believe it will not cease until a crisis shall have been reached , and passed . A house divided against itself can not stand . I believe this government can not endure permanently , half slave , and half free .
I believe it will not cease until a crisis shall have been reached , and passed . A house divided against itself can not stand . I believe this government can not endure permanently , half slave , and half free .
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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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