Letters and Addresses of Abraham LincolnUnit Book Publishing Company, 1903 - 389 pages |
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Page 10
... matter of reasonable regret with any one . If they were annually swept from the stage of existence by the plague or smallpox , honest men would perhaps be much profited by the operation . Similar too is the correct reasoning in regard ...
... matter of reasonable regret with any one . If they were annually swept from the stage of existence by the plague or smallpox , honest men would perhaps be much profited by the operation . Similar too is the correct reasoning in regard ...
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... matter as plain as possible , I now say that you can now drop the subject , dismiss your thoughts ( if you ever had any ) from me forever , and leave this letter unanswered , without calling forth one accusing murmur from me . And I ...
... matter as plain as possible , I now say that you can now drop the subject , dismiss your thoughts ( if you ever had any ) from me forever , and leave this letter unanswered , without calling forth one accusing murmur from me . And I ...
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... I might as well tell you at once . As the lawyer says , it was done in the manner following , to wit : After I had delayed the matter as long as I thought I could in honor do ( which , by the way , 23 OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
... I might as well tell you at once . As the lawyer says , it was done in the manner following , to wit : After I had delayed the matter as long as I thought I could in honor do ( which , by the way , 23 OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
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... matter ended by Francis being pulled away from him . The whole affair was so ludicrous that Francis and everybody else ( Douglas excepted ) have been laughing about it ever since . [ Letter to W. G. Anderson , Lawrenceville , Illinois ...
... matter ended by Francis being pulled away from him . The whole affair was so ludicrous that Francis and everybody else ( Douglas excepted ) have been laughing about it ever since . [ Letter to W. G. Anderson , Lawrenceville , Illinois ...
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... matters subjected- mind , all conquering mind , shall live and move , the monarch of the world . Glorious consummation ! Hail , fall of fury ! Reign of reason , all hail ! And when the victory shall be complete , -when there shall be ...
... matters subjected- mind , all conquering mind , shall live and move , the monarch of the world . Glorious consummation ! Hail , fall of fury ! Reign of reason , all hail ! And when the victory shall be complete , -when there shall be ...
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