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... person of dis- tinction . He had talked , he said , with men who were regarded as great , and he did not see where they differed so much from others . He reasoned , probably , that the secret of their success lay in the fact of original ...
... person of dis- tinction . He had talked , he said , with men who were regarded as great , and he did not see where they differed so much from others . He reasoned , probably , that the secret of their success lay in the fact of original ...
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... person in the community whose accomplishments were equal to the task of making out the mail returns for the Depart- ment . An acquaintance says that the Presidency can never make our candidate happier than the post - office did then ...
... person in the community whose accomplishments were equal to the task of making out the mail returns for the Depart- ment . An acquaintance says that the Presidency can never make our candidate happier than the post - office did then ...
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... person who once ventured to speak slightingly of Lincoln in his presence . Afterward , Lincoln had an opportunity to make a full return to Armstrong for his friendship . A man had been killed in a riot at camp - meeting , in Menard ...
... person who once ventured to speak slightingly of Lincoln in his presence . Afterward , Lincoln had an opportunity to make a full return to Armstrong for his friendship . A man had been killed in a riot at camp - meeting , in Menard ...
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... person , stating he was now able to pay back to Green the amount for which he had indorsed . Lincoln was by this time in the practice of the law , and it was with the first earnings of his profession , that he discharged this debt ...
... person , stating he was now able to pay back to Green the amount for which he had indorsed . Lincoln was by this time in the practice of the law , and it was with the first earnings of his profession , that he discharged this debt ...
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... person who once wished him to bring a certain suit , and who now tells the story with profound admiration . " I might give the other parties considerable trouble , and perhaps beat them at law , but there would be no justice in it . I ...
... person who once wished him to bring a certain suit , and who now tells the story with profound admiration . " I might give the other parties considerable trouble , and perhaps beat them at law , but there would be no justice in it . I ...
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Lives and Speeches of Abraham Lincoln and Hannibal Hamlin William Dean Howells,John L. Hayes Limited preview - 2000 |
LIVES & SPEECHES OF ABRAHAM LI William Dean 1837-1920 Howells,John Lord 1812-1887 Hayes,Abraham 1809-1865 Lincoln No preview available - 2016 |
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Page 347 - Truth, crushed to earth, shall rise again; The eternal years of God are hers; But Error, wounded, writhes in pain, And dies among his worshippers.
Page 100 - That the maintenance inviolate of the rights of the States, and especially the right of each State to order and control its own domestic institutions according to its own judgment exclusively...
Page 239 - Can the people of a United States Territory, in any lawful way, against the wish of any citizen of the United States, exclude slavery from its limits prior to the formation of a State constitution?
Page 243 - ... the right of property in a slave is distinctly and expressly affirmed in the Constitution.
Page 216 - I hold that, notwithstanding all this, there is no reason in the world why the negro is not entitled to all the natural rights enumerated in the Declaration of Independence — the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. I hold that he is as much entitled to these as the white man.
Page 217 - I will say in addition to this that there is a physical difference between the white and black races which I believe will forever forbid the two races living together on terms of social and political equality.
Page 181 - This they said, and this they meant. They did not mean to assert the obvious untruth that all were then actually enjoying that equality, nor yet that they were about to confer it immediately upon them. In fact, they had no power to confer such a boon. They meant simply to declare the right, so that enforcement of it might follow as fast as circumstances should permit.
Page 202 - But you say you are conservative — eminently conservative — while we are revolutionary, destructive, or something of the sort. What is conservatism? Is it not adherence to the old and tried, against the new and untried? We stick to, contend for, the identical old policy on the point in controversy which was adopted by "our fathers who framed the government under which we live...
Page 189 - It is this : Does the proper division of local from Federal authority, or anything in the Constitution, forbid our Federal Government to control as to slavery in our Federal Territories ? " Upon this, Senator Douglas holds the affirmative, and Republicans the negative.
Page 194 - ... their oath to support the Constitution, would have constrained them to oppose the prohibition. Again, George Washington, another of the "thirty-nine...