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I find speaking here and elsewhere about the same thing . I was about as badly scared , and no worse , as I am a when I speak in court . I expect to make [ 16 ] To William H Herndon To William H Herndon.
I find speaking here and elsewhere about the same thing . I was about as badly scared , and no worse , as I am a when I speak in court . I expect to make [ 16 ] To William H Herndon To William H Herndon.
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Look over it carefully , and conclude I meant all I said , and did not mean any thing I did not say , and you will have my meaning . Douglas attacked me upon this , saying it was a declaration of war between the slave and the free ...
Look over it carefully , and conclude I meant all I said , and did not mean any thing I did not say , and you will have my meaning . Douglas attacked me upon this , saying it was a declaration of war between the slave and the free ...
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mmmmm “ Let the thing be pressed . " w WWWWWWW IN N a telegram that is almost epigrammatic , Lincoln urges General Grant to make " the final effort . " > TELEGRAM TO ULYSSES S. GRANT Headquarters Armies of the U. S. , City Point , April ...
mmmmm “ Let the thing be pressed . " w WWWWWWW IN N a telegram that is almost epigrammatic , Lincoln urges General Grant to make " the final effort . " > TELEGRAM TO ULYSSES S. GRANT Headquarters Armies of the U. S. , City Point , April ...
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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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