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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... less than itself , and to ruin all which is larger than itself . If a State and a County , in a given case , should be equal in number of inhabitants , in what , as a matter of principle , is the State better than the County ? Would an ...
... less than itself , and to ruin all which is larger than itself . If a State and a County , in a given case , should be equal in number of inhabitants , in what , as a matter of principle , is the State better than the County ? Would an ...
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... less than all the parties who made it ? One party to a contract may violate it - break it , so to speak ; but does it not require all to law- fully rescind it ? Descending from these general principles , we find the proposition that in ...
... less than all the parties who made it ? One party to a contract may violate it - break it , so to speak ; but does it not require all to law- fully rescind it ? Descending from these general principles , we find the proposition that in ...
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... less than one nor more than three years , of eighteen thousand seamen , in addition to the present force , for the naval service of the United States . The details of the enlistment and organiza- tion will be made known through the ...
... less than one nor more than three years , of eighteen thousand seamen , in addition to the present force , for the naval service of the United States . The details of the enlistment and organiza- tion will be made known through the ...
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... less than twenty thousand good and well - disciplined men . This opinion was concurred in by all the officers of his com- mand , and their memoranda on the subject were made inclosures of Major Anderson's letter . The whole was imme ...
... less than twenty thousand good and well - disciplined men . This opinion was concurred in by all the officers of his com- mand , and their memoranda on the subject were made inclosures of Major Anderson's letter . The whole was imme ...
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... less to regret as the oyal citizens have , in due form , claimed its protection . Those loyal citizens this Government is bound to recognize and protect as being in Virginia . In the Border States , so called , in fact the Middle States ...
... less to regret as the oyal citizens have , in due form , claimed its protection . Those loyal citizens this Government is bound to recognize and protect as being in Virginia . In the Border States , so called , in fact the Middle States ...
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