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I direct this to you at Hillsboro , and shall try to have both your letter and this appear in the “ Journal " and " Register ” of Monday morning . Your obedient servant , A. LINCOLN WWW Mwm “ And this too shall pass away . ( 56 )
I direct this to you at Hillsboro , and shall try to have both your letter and this appear in the “ Journal " and " Register ” of Monday morning . Your obedient servant , A. LINCOLN WWW Mwm “ And this too shall pass away . ( 56 )
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If it were thought necessary to incorporate anything from any of my speeches , I suppose there would be no objection . Of course it must not appear to have been written by myself . Yours very truly , A. LINCOLN I was born February 12 ...
If it were thought necessary to incorporate anything from any of my speeches , I suppose there would be no objection . Of course it must not appear to have been written by myself . Yours very truly , A. LINCOLN I was born February 12 ...
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... you for the part you have taken in this struggle for the life of the nation . You are soldiers of the republic , everywhere honored and respected . Whenever I appear before a body of soldiers [ 236 ] Address to the 148th Ohio Regiment.
... you for the part you have taken in this struggle for the life of the nation . You are soldiers of the republic , everywhere honored and respected . Whenever I appear before a body of soldiers [ 236 ] Address to the 148th Ohio Regiment.
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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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