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... ; for although volume upon volume is written to prove slavery a very good thing , we never hear of the man who wishes to take the good of it by being a slave himself . Most governments have been based , practically , on the [ 36 ] Fragment.
... ; for although volume upon volume is written to prove slavery a very good thing , we never hear of the man who wishes to take the good of it by being a slave himself . Most governments have been based , practically , on the [ 36 ] Fragment.
Page 48
... slave- traders are a small , odious , and detested class among you ; and yet in politics they dictate the course of ... slavery . I am not a Know - nothing ; that is cer- tain . How could I be ? How can any one who abhors the oppression ...
... slave- traders are a small , odious , and detested class among you ; and yet in politics they dictate the course of ... slavery . I am not a Know - nothing ; that is cer- tain . How could I be ? How can any one who abhors the oppression ...
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... slave , and half free . I do not expect the Union to be dissolved : I do not expect the house to fall ; but I do expect it will cease to be divided . It will become all one thing , or all the other . Either the opponents of slavery will ...
... slave , and half free . I do not expect the Union to be dissolved : I do not expect the house to fall ; but I do expect it will cease to be divided . It will become all one thing , or all the other . Either the opponents of slavery will ...
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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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