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wwwww my running would hurt and not help the cause . ” wwwm wwwwwwwwww wwww IN N the year The Republican Party was formed Lincoln worked hard for its success , but declined when the President of Illinois College suggested that he ...
wwwww my running would hurt and not help the cause . ” wwwm wwwwwwwwww wwww IN N the year The Republican Party was formed Lincoln worked hard for its success , but declined when the President of Illinois College suggested that he ...
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Let me assure you that I decline to I be a candidate for congress , on my clear conviction that my running would hurt and not help the cause . I am willing to make any personal sacrifice , but I am not willing to do , what in my own ...
Let me assure you that I decline to I be a candidate for congress , on my clear conviction that my running would hurt and not help the cause . I am willing to make any personal sacrifice , but I am not willing to do , what in my own ...
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All knew that this interest was , somehow , the cause of the war . To strengthen , perpetuate , and extend this interest was the object for which the insurgents would rend the Union , even by war ; while the government claimed no right ...
All knew that this interest was , somehow , the cause of the war . To strengthen , perpetuate , and extend this interest was the object for which the insurgents would rend the Union , even by war ; while the government claimed no right ...
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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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