The Wit and Wisdom of Abraham Lincoln: As Reflected in His Briefer Letters and Speeches |
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TO STEPHEN A. DOUGLAS Springfield , July 31 , 1858 EAR SIR : D Yours of yesterday , naming places , times , and terms for joint discussions between us , was received this morning . Although by the terms , as you propose , you take four ...
TO STEPHEN A. DOUGLAS Springfield , July 31 , 1858 EAR SIR : D Yours of yesterday , naming places , times , and terms for joint discussions between us , was received this morning . Although by the terms , as you propose , you take four ...
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Since then the Fourth of July has had several very peculiar recognitions . The two men most distinguished in the framing and support of the Declaration were Thomas Jefferson and John Adams — the one having penned it , and the other ...
Since then the Fourth of July has had several very peculiar recognitions . The two men most distinguished in the framing and support of the Declaration were Thomas Jefferson and John Adams — the one having penned it , and the other ...
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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 |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | World Publishing Company, 1965 |
| Original from | Indiana University |
| Digitized | 11 Sep 2008 |
| Length | 265 pages |
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