Letters and Addresses of Abraham LincolnUnit Book Publishing Company, 1903 - 389 pages |
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... Washington . Upon these let the proud fabric of freedom rest , as the rock of its basis ; and as truly as has been said of the only greater institution , " the gates of hell shall not prevail against it . " [ Protest in Illinois ...
... Washington . Upon these let the proud fabric of freedom rest , as the rock of its basis ; and as truly as has been said of the only greater institution , " the gates of hell shall not prevail against it . " [ Protest in Illinois ...
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... Washington ; we are met to celebrate this day . Wash- ington is the mightiest name of earth - long since mightiest in the cause of civil liberty , still mightiest in moral reforma- tion . On that name no eulogy is expected . It cannot ...
... Washington ; we are met to celebrate this day . Wash- ington is the mightiest name of earth - long since mightiest in the cause of civil liberty , still mightiest in moral reforma- tion . On that name no eulogy is expected . It cannot ...
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... Washington , D. C. , 13 December 1847. ] Dear William : Your letter , advising me of the receipt of our fee in the bank case , is just received , and I don't expect to hear another as good a piece of news from Springfield while I am ...
... Washington , D. C. , 13 December 1847. ] Dear William : Your letter , advising me of the receipt of our fee in the bank case , is just received , and I don't expect to hear another as good a piece of news from Springfield while I am ...
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... Washington , 8 January 1848. ] Dear William : Your letter of December 27 was received a day or two ago . I am much obliged to you for the trouble you have taken , and promise to take in my little business there . As to speech - making ...
... Washington , 8 January 1848. ] Dear William : Your letter of December 27 was received a day or two ago . I am much obliged to you for the trouble you have taken , and promise to take in my little business there . As to speech - making ...
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... Washington sat , and so re- membering , let him answer as Washington would answer . As a nation should not , and the Almighty will not , be evaded , so let him attempt no evasion -- no equivocation . And if , so answering , he can show ...
... Washington sat , and so re- membering , let him answer as Washington would answer . As a nation should not , and the Almighty will not , be evaded , so let him attempt no evasion -- no equivocation . And if , so answering , he can show ...
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