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I have been oppressed nearly ever since the battles of Gettysburg by what appeared to be evidences that yourself and General Couch and General Smith were not seeking a collision with the enemy , but were trying to get him across the ...
I have been oppressed nearly ever since the battles of Gettysburg by what appeared to be evidences that yourself and General Couch and General Smith were not seeking a collision with the enemy , but were trying to get him across the ...
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enemy ? Armies , the world over , destroy enemies ' property when they cannot use it ; and even destroy their own to keep it from the enemy . Civilized belligerents do all in their power to help themselves or hurt the enemy , except a ...
enemy ? Armies , the world over , destroy enemies ' property when they cannot use it ; and even destroy their own to keep it from the enemy . Civilized belligerents do all in their power to help themselves or hurt the enemy , except a ...
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I thought that in your struggle for the Union , to whatever extent the negroes should cease helping the enemy , to that extent it weakened the enemy in his resistance to you . Do you think differently ? I thought that whatever negroes ...
I thought that in your struggle for the Union , to whatever extent the negroes should cease helping the enemy , to that extent it weakened the enemy in his resistance to you . Do you think differently ? I thought that whatever negroes ...
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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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