The Wit and Wisdom of Abraham Lincoln, as Reflected in His Briefer Letters and Speeches |
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I expect to make one within a week or two , in which I hope to succeed well enough to wish you to see it . It is very pleasant to learn from you that there are some who desire that I should be reëlected . I most heartily thank them for ...
I expect to make one within a week or two , in which I hope to succeed well enough to wish you to see it . It is very pleasant to learn from you that there are some who desire that I should be reëlected . I most heartily thank them for ...
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I wish you would mend it , case I shall want to borrow it this arter - noon . ” Acting on this as a precedent , I say , “ Here's your old , chalked hat . ' I wish you would take it , and send me a new one ; case I shall want to use it ...
I wish you would mend it , case I shall want to borrow it this arter - noon . ” Acting on this as a precedent , I say , “ Here's your old , chalked hat . ' I wish you would take it , and send me a new one ; case I shall want to use it ...
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The word “ lawyer's ” I wish retained . The word “ Courts ” struck out twice , I wish reduced to " Court " and retained . " Court " as a collective noun properly governs the plural “ have ” as I understand .
The word “ lawyer's ” I wish retained . The word “ Courts ” struck out twice , I wish reduced to " Court " and retained . " Court " as a collective noun properly governs the plural “ have ” as I understand .
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To Mary Owens | 7 |
To Joshua F Speed | 15 |
To Abraham Bale | 27 |
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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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