The Wit and Wisdom of Abraham Lincoln: As Reflected in His Briefer Letters and Speeches |
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Then you value your place in heaven very cheap , for I am sure you can , with the offer I make , get the seventy or eighty dollars for four or five months ' work . You say if I will furnish you the money you will deed me the land ...
Then you value your place in heaven very cheap , for I am sure you can , with the offer I make , get the seventy or eighty dollars for four or five months ' work . You say if I will furnish you the money you will deed me the land ...
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Again I say let no feeling of discouragement prey upon you , and in the end you are sure to succeed . With more than a common interest I subscribe myself Very truly your friend , A. LINCOLN 1 66 ... the soap question ' .
Again I say let no feeling of discouragement prey upon you , and in the end you are sure to succeed . With more than a common interest I subscribe myself Very truly your friend , A. LINCOLN 1 66 ... the soap question ' .
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peace , 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 ...
peace , 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 ...
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POSTMASTER LAWYER REPRESENTATIVE OF | 1 |
To Judge Stephen T Logan | 25 |
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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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