Letters and Addresses of Abraham LincolnUnit Book Publishing Company, 1903 - 389 pages |
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... equal rights ; ' t is ours only to transmit these the former unprofaned by the foot of an invader , the latter undecayed by the lapse of time and untorn by usurpation— to the latest generation that fate shall permit the world to know ...
... equal rights ; ' t is ours only to transmit these the former unprofaned by the foot of an invader , the latter undecayed by the lapse of time and untorn by usurpation— to the latest generation that fate shall permit the world to know ...
Page 45
... equal in all respects , and such as now used by the cavalry company at Jacksonville . Second . Position : A plank ten feet long , and from nine to twelve inches broad , to be firmly fixed on edge , on the ground , as the line between us ...
... equal in all respects , and such as now used by the cavalry company at Jacksonville . Second . Position : A plank ten feet long , and from nine to twelve inches broad , to be firmly fixed on edge , on the ground , as the line between us ...
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... equals . As labor is the common burden of our race , so the effort of some to shift their share of the burden onto the shoulders of others is the great durable curse of the race . Originally a curse for transgression upon the whole race ...
... equals . As labor is the common burden of our race , so the effort of some to shift their share of the burden onto the shoulders of others is the great durable curse of the race . Originally a curse for transgression upon the whole race ...
Page 76
... for me to denounce people upon . What next ? Free them , and make them politically and socially our equals ? My own feelings will not admit of this , and if mine would , we well know that those of the 76 LETTERS AND ADDRESSES.
... for me to denounce people upon . What next ? Free them , and make them politically and socially our equals ? My own feelings will not admit of this , and if mine would , we well know that those of the 76 LETTERS AND ADDRESSES.
Page 77
... equals . It does seem to me that systems of gradual emancipation might be adopted , but for their tardi- ness in ... Equal justice to the South , it is said , requires us to consent to the extension of slavery to new countries . That ...
... equals . It does seem to me that systems of gradual emancipation might be adopted , but for their tardi- ness in ... Equal justice to the South , it is said , requires us to consent to the extension of slavery to new countries . That ...
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