The Wit and Wisdom of Abraham Lincoln: As Reflected in His Briefer Letters and Speeches |
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LETTER TO ROBERT ALLEN New Salem , June 21 , 1836 EAR COLONEL : D I am told that during my absence last week you passed through this place , and stated publicly that you were in possession of a fact or facts which , if known to the ...
LETTER TO ROBERT ALLEN New Salem , June 21 , 1836 EAR COLONEL : D I am told that during my absence last week you passed through this place , and stated publicly that you were in possession of a fact or facts which , if known to the ...
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... is maintained in violence , and is being executed in violence . I say it was conceived in violence , because the destruction of the Missouri Compromise , under the circumstances , was nothing less than violence . It was passed ...
... is maintained in violence , and is being executed in violence . I say it was conceived in violence , because the destruction of the Missouri Compromise , under the circumstances , was nothing less than violence . It was passed ...
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In a day or two Douglas's orders came on to have resolutions passed approving the bill ; and they were passed by large majorities !!! The truth of this is vouched for by a bolting Democratic member . The masses , too , Democratic as ...
In a day or two Douglas's orders came on to have resolutions passed approving the bill ; and they were passed by large majorities !!! The truth of this is vouched for by a bolting Democratic member . The masses , too , Democratic as ...
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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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