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I doubt whether , since I saw you , you have done a good whole day's work in any one day . You do not very much dislike to work , and still you do not work much , merely because it does not seem to you that you could get much for it .
I doubt whether , since I saw you , you have done a good whole day's work in any one day . You do not very much dislike to work , and still you do not work much , merely because it does not seem to you that you could get much for it .
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It would lose the whole North , while the common enemy would still carry the whole South . The question of men is a different one . There are good patriotic men and able statesmen in the South whom I would cheerfully support , if they ...
It would lose the whole North , while the common enemy would still carry the whole South . The question of men is a different one . There are good patriotic men and able statesmen in the South whom I would cheerfully support , if they ...
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But what next ? I suppose it will be safe if I leave General Grant and yourself to decide . Please make my grateful acknowledgments to your whole army - officers and men . Yours very truly , A. LINCOLN · get a good ready .
But what next ? I suppose it will be safe if I leave General Grant and yourself to decide . Please make my grateful acknowledgments to your whole army - officers and men . Yours very truly , A. LINCOLN · get a good ready .
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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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