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One would state with great confidence that he could convince any sane child that the simpler propositions of Euclid are true ; but nevertheless he would fail , utterly , with one wh should deny the definitions and axioms .
One would state with great confidence that he could convince any sane child that the simpler propositions of Euclid are true ; but nevertheless he would fail , utterly , with one wh should deny the definitions and axioms .
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But what I am saying there is true of Douglas , and is not true of “ Democrats ” generally ; so that the proposed substitution would be a very considerable blunder . Your proposed insertion of “ residences ” though it would do little or ...
But what I am saying there is true of Douglas , and is not true of “ Democrats ” generally ; so that the proposed substitution would be a very considerable blunder . Your proposed insertion of “ residences ” though it would do little or ...
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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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