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ance of one of mature age , and much severe ex . perience , that you can not fail , if you can not fail , if you resolutely determine that you will not . The President of the institution , can scarcely be other than a kind man ...
ance of one of mature age , and much severe ex . perience , that you can not fail , if you can not fail , if you resolutely determine that you will not . The President of the institution , can scarcely be other than a kind man ...
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www WWWWWWWWWW T It was such letters as this , written to Gustavus Fox after his failure to provision Fort Sumter , that won for Lincoln the loyal devotion and supreme efforts of his commanders . LETTER TO GUSTAVUS V. FOX Washington ...
www WWWWWWWWWW T It was such letters as this , written to Gustavus Fox after his failure to provision Fort Sumter , that won for Lincoln the loyal devotion and supreme efforts of his commanders . LETTER TO GUSTAVUS V. FOX Washington ...
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I most cheerfully and truly declare that the failure of the undertaking has not lowered you a particle , while the ... if it should fail ; and it is no small consolation now to feel that our anticipation is justified by the result .
I most cheerfully and truly declare that the failure of the undertaking has not lowered you a particle , while the ... if it should fail ; and it is no small consolation now to feel that our anticipation is justified by the result .
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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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