The Wit and Wisdom of Abraham Lincoln: As Reflected in His Briefer Letters and Speeches |
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... applicable to present conditions are the observations of Lincoln that we find it difficult to believe they were uttered for any time but our own . Is it really Lincoln , and not a contemporary , who said that when the “ Know ...
... applicable to present conditions are the observations of Lincoln that we find it difficult to believe they were uttered for any time but our own . Is it really Lincoln , and not a contemporary , who said that when the “ Know ...
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My view of the present condition of the war .... " WWW THIS letter is one of three selected by John G. Nicolay , the President's secretary and biographer , as being representative of " Lincoln at his best . " .
My view of the present condition of the war .... " WWW THIS letter is one of three selected by John G. Nicolay , the President's secretary and biographer , as being representative of " Lincoln at his best . " .
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Any offer of terms made by any man or men within that in opposition to that army , is simply nothing for the present , because such man or men have no power whatever to enforce their side of a compromise , if one were made with them .
Any offer of terms made by any man or men within that in opposition to that army , is simply nothing for the present , because such man or men have no power whatever to enforce their side of a compromise , if one were made with them .
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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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