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It is being executed in the precise way which was intended from the first , else why does no Nebraska man express astonishment or condemnation ? Poor Reeder is the only public man who has been silly enough to believe that anything like ...
It is being executed in the precise way which was intended from the first , else why does no Nebraska man express astonishment or condemnation ? Poor Reeder is the only public man who has been silly enough to believe that anything like ...
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All decent slaveholders talk that way , and I do not doubt their candor . But they never vote that way . Although in a private letter or conversation you will express your preference that Kansas shall be free ...
All decent slaveholders talk that way , and I do not doubt their candor . But they never vote that way . Although in a private letter or conversation you will express your preference that Kansas shall be free ...
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LETTER TO JOHN PHILLIPS Executive Mansion , November 21 , 1864 Y DEAR SIR : MY I have heard of the incident at the polls in your town , in which you acted so honorable a part , and I take the liberty of writing to you to express my ...
LETTER TO JOHN PHILLIPS Executive Mansion , November 21 , 1864 Y DEAR SIR : MY I have heard of the incident at the polls in your town , in which you acted so honorable a part , and I take the liberty of writing to you to express my ...
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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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