The Wit and Wisdom of Abraham Lincoln, as Reflected in His Briefer Letters and Speeches |
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... writes to the sister of his friend " Josh " Speed , giving news of her brother's health and a vivid word picture of ... write to some of your mother's family , and not having the express permission of anyone of them to do so , I have ...
... writes to the sister of his friend " Josh " Speed , giving news of her brother's health and a vivid word picture of ... write to some of your mother's family , and not having the express permission of anyone of them to do so , I have ...
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... write it in any unkind- ness . I write it in order , if possible , to get you to face the truth , which truth is , you are destitute because you have idled away all your time . Your thousand pretenses for not getting along better are ...
... write it in any unkind- ness . I write it in order , if possible , to get you to face the truth , which truth is , you are destitute because you have idled away all your time . Your thousand pretenses for not getting along better are ...
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... writer in saying , “ Now is the time . ” How much better it would have been for the writer to have gone at this , under the protection of the army at New Orleans , than to have sat down in a closet writing complaining letters northward ...
... writer in saying , “ Now is the time . ” How much better it would have been for the writer to have gone at this , under the protection of the army at New Orleans , than to have sat down in a closet writing complaining letters northward ...
Contents
To Mary Owens | 7 |
To Joshua F Speed | 15 |
To Abraham Bale | 27 |
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