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MWWWWWW “ I have really got it into my head . ... " wwwwwwwwww W LINCOLN INCOLN " takes it into his head ” to run for the Senate but first makes sure to win the support of an influential friend and potential rival .
MWWWWWW “ I have really got it into my head . ... " wwwwwwwwww W LINCOLN INCOLN " takes it into his head ” to run for the Senate but first makes sure to win the support of an influential friend and potential rival .
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He who does something at the head of one Regiment , will eclipse him who does nothing at the head of a hundred . Your friend , as ever , A. LINCOLN ( Executivo Pannon ) Ofry , 1867 Majs Ramsey My [ 116 ]
He who does something at the head of one Regiment , will eclipse him who does nothing at the head of a hundred . Your friend , as ever , A. LINCOLN ( Executivo Pannon ) Ofry , 1867 Majs Ramsey My [ 116 ]
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I , for the time being , am at the head of a nation which is in great peril , and you are at the head of the greatest State of that nation . As to maintaining the nation's life and integrity , I assume and believe there cannot be a ...
I , for the time being , am at the head of a nation which is in great peril , and you are at the head of the greatest State of that nation . As to maintaining the nation's life and integrity , I assume and believe there cannot be a ...
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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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