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WWWWWWWWWWWWW WWWWW wwwwwwwwwwwwww LINCOL INCOLN'S first political speech , as later remembered by his friend A. Y. Ellis , was the very essence of brevity . It won respect for Young Abe but not the election - the only time he ever was ...
WWWWWWWWWWWWW WWWWW wwwwwwwwwwwwww LINCOL INCOLN'S first political speech , as later remembered by his friend A. Y. Ellis , was the very essence of brevity . It won respect for Young Abe but not the election - the only time he ever was ...
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Always a Whig in politics ; and generally on the Whig electoral tickets , making active canvasses . I was losing interest in politics when the repeal of the Missouri compromise aroused me again . What I have done since then is pretty ...
Always a Whig in politics ; and generally on the Whig electoral tickets , making active canvasses . I was losing interest in politics when the repeal of the Missouri compromise aroused me again . What I have done since then is pretty ...
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unconditional devotion to the Union ; and I am sure my old political friends will thank me for tendering , as I do , the nation's gratitude to those and other noble men whom no partisan malice or partisan hope can make false to the ...
unconditional devotion to the Union ; and I am sure my old political friends will thank me for tendering , as I do , the nation's gratitude to those and other noble men whom no partisan malice or partisan hope can make false to the ...
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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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