Life of Abraham Lincoln, Sixteenth President of the United States: Containing His Early History and Political Career; Together with the Speeches, Messages, Proclamations and Other Official Documents Illustrative of His Eventful Administration |
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... attempted use of it as to amount to just this : that if any one man choose to enslave another , no third man shall be , allowed to object . That argument was incorporated into the Nebraska Bill itself , in the language which follows ...
... attempted use of it as to amount to just this : that if any one man choose to enslave another , no third man shall be , allowed to object . That argument was incorporated into the Nebraska Bill itself , in the language which follows ...
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... attempting to master us . " I say that we must not interfere with the institution of Slavery in the States where it exists , because the Constitution forbids it , and the general welfare does not require us to do So. We must not ...
... attempting to master us . " I say that we must not interfere with the institution of Slavery in the States where it exists , because the Constitution forbids it , and the general welfare does not require us to do So. We must not ...
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... attempt , which ends in little else than in his own execution . Orsini's attempt on Louis Napoleon , and John Brown's attempt at Harper's Ferry were , in their phi- losophy , precisely the same . The eagerness to cast blame on old ...
... attempt , which ends in little else than in his own execution . Orsini's attempt on Louis Napoleon , and John Brown's attempt at Harper's Ferry were , in their phi- losophy , precisely the same . The eagerness to cast blame on old ...
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... attempt to disturb them . " These natural , and apparently adequate means all failing , what will convince them ? This , and this only : cease to call slavery wrong , and join them in calling it right . And this must be done thoroughly ...
... attempt to disturb them . " These natural , and apparently adequate means all failing , what will convince them ? This , and this only : cease to call slavery wrong , and join them in calling it right . And this must be done thoroughly ...
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... attempted to close his remarks , but the imperative shout of ' Go on ! ' ' Oh , do go on ! ' would compel him to re- sume . As I looked upon the gaunt and sinewy frame of the stranger , and marked his powerful head and determined ...
... attempted to close his remarks , but the imperative shout of ' Go on ! ' ' Oh , do go on ! ' would compel him to re- sume . As I looked upon the gaunt and sinewy frame of the stranger , and marked his powerful head and determined ...
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