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Page 120
... enemies to myself , would be offensive to persons in this audience . [ Note for a speech , written about 16 September 1858. ] I believe the declaration that " all men are created equal " is the great fundamental principle upon which our ...
... enemies to myself , would be offensive to persons in this audience . [ Note for a speech , written about 16 September 1858. ] I believe the declaration that " all men are created equal " is the great fundamental principle upon which our ...
Page 144
... 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 sup- port , if they would now place themselves on Republican ground ...
... 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 sup- port , if they would now place themselves on Republican ground ...
Page 146
... enemy of liberty , because the most insidious one ) would have little support in the North , and by conse- quence , no capital to trade on in the South , if it were not for his friends thus magnifying him and his humbug . But lastly ...
... enemy of liberty , because the most insidious one ) would have little support in the North , and by conse- quence , no capital to trade on in the South , if it were not for his friends thus magnifying him and his humbug . But lastly ...
Page 180
... enemy , that there is no cause for such fears . The South would be in no more danger in this respect than it was in the days of Washington . I suppose , however , this does not meet the case . You think slavery is right and ought to 180 ...
... enemy , that there is no cause for such fears . The South would be in no more danger in this respect than it was in the days of Washington . I suppose , however , this does not meet the case . You think slavery is right and ought to 180 ...
Page 199
... enemies , but friends . We must not be enemies . Though passion may have strained , it must not break our bonds of affection . The mystic chords of memory , stretching from every battle - field and patriot grave to every living heart ...
... enemies , but friends . We must not be enemies . Though passion may have strained , it must not break our bonds of affection . The mystic chords of memory , stretching from every battle - field and patriot grave to every living heart ...
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