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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... Condition of the Country . Crisis an artificial one . present command , and would perhaps unnecessarily commit me upon matters which have not yet fully developed them- selves . " The condition of the country , fellow - citizens , is an ...
... Condition of the Country . Crisis an artificial one . present command , and would perhaps unnecessarily commit me upon matters which have not yet fully developed them- selves . " The condition of the country , fellow - citizens , is an ...
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... condition of the country . I can say in return , sir , that all the political sentiments I entertain have been drawn , so far as I have been able to draw them , from the sentiments which originated and were given to the world from this ...
... condition of the country . I can say in return , sir , that all the political sentiments I entertain have been drawn , so far as I have been able to draw them , from the sentiments which originated and were given to the world from this ...
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... condition . This , our new Government , is the first in the history of the world based upon this great physical , philosophical , and moral truth . * * * It is upon this , as I have stated , our social fabric is firmly planted ; and I ...
... condition . This , our new Government , is the first in the history of the world based upon this great physical , philosophical , and moral truth . * * * It is upon this , as I have stated , our social fabric is firmly planted ; and I ...
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... condition of public affairs pre- sents an extraordinary occasion , I do hereby , in virtue of the power in me vested by the Constitution , convene both Houses of Congress . The Senators and Representatives are , there- fore , summoned ...
... condition of public affairs pre- sents an extraordinary occasion , I do hereby , in virtue of the power in me vested by the Constitution , convene both Houses of Congress . The Senators and Representatives are , there- fore , summoned ...
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... condition , new ones had been built , and armed forces . had been organized , and were organizing , all avowedly with the same hostile purpose . " The forts remaining in possession of the Federal Govern- ment in and near these States ...
... condition , new ones had been built , and armed forces . had been organized , and were organizing , all avowedly with the same hostile purpose . " The forts remaining in possession of the Federal Govern- ment in and near these States ...
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