The Life and Public Services of Hon. Abraham Lincoln ...: To which is Added a Biographical Sketch of Hon. Hannibal Hamlin |
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Page 65
... telling how grossly he had been abused . Recollecting himself , he added , though in a perfectly courteous manner ' - abused in a perfectly courteous manner ! He then devoted half an hour to showing that it was indispensably necessary ...
... telling how grossly he had been abused . Recollecting himself , he added , though in a perfectly courteous manner ' - abused in a perfectly courteous manner ! He then devoted half an hour to showing that it was indispensably necessary ...
Page 83
... tell you , the man who stumps a State with Ste- phen A. Douglas , and meets him , day after day , before the people , has got to be no fool . Many a man will make a better first speech than Douglas , but , giving and taking , back and ...
... tell you , the man who stumps a State with Ste- phen A. Douglas , and meets him , day after day , before the people , has got to be no fool . Many a man will make a better first speech than Douglas , but , giving and taking , back and ...
Page 88
... telling the people here that their legislators , when they swear to support the Constitution , can violate that constitutional provision . ' Mr. Lincoln held up his hands in horror at the propo- ` sition . He was bold in the assertion ...
... telling the people here that their legislators , when they swear to support the Constitution , can violate that constitutional provision . ' Mr. Lincoln held up his hands in horror at the propo- ` sition . He was bold in the assertion ...
Page 93
... telling an anecdote as now . He could beat any of the boys wrestling , or running a foot - race , in pitching quoits or tossing a copper ; could ruin more liquor than all the boys of the town together , and the dignity and impar ...
... telling an anecdote as now . He could beat any of the boys wrestling , or running a foot - race , in pitching quoits or tossing a copper ; could ruin more liquor than all the boys of the town together , and the dignity and impar ...
Page 94
... tell you what he can prove by referring to the record . You re- member I was an old Whig , and whenever the Demo- cratic party tried to get me to vote that the war had been righteously begun by the President , I would not do it . But ...
... tell you what he can prove by referring to the record . You re- member I was an old Whig , and whenever the Demo- cratic party tried to get me to vote that the war had been righteously begun by the President , I would not do it . But ...
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