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No one has needed favors more than I , and , generally , few have been less unwilling to accept them ; but in this case favor to me would be in1 justice to the public , and therefore I must beg [ 5 ] To Robert Allen.
No one has needed favors more than I , and , generally , few have been less unwilling to accept them ; but in this case favor to me would be in1 justice to the public , and therefore I must beg [ 5 ] To Robert Allen.
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My acquaintance with him began less than two years ago ; yet through the latter half of the intervening period it was as intimate as the disparity of our ages and my engrossing engagements would permit . To me he appeared to have no ...
My acquaintance with him began less than two years ago ; yet through the latter half of the intervening period it was as intimate as the disparity of our ages and my engrossing engagements would permit . To me he appeared to have no ...
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Each looked for an easier triumph , and a result less fundamental and astounding . Both read the same Bible , and pray to the same God ; and each invokes his aid against the other . It may seem strange that any men should dare to ask a ...
Each looked for an easier triumph , and a result less fundamental and astounding . Both read the same Bible , and pray to the same God ; and each invokes his aid against the other . It may seem strange that any men should dare to ask 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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