Letters and Addresses of Abraham Lincoln ...Advertising matter: p. 391-399. |
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Page 45
... standing as a man or a gentleman ; and I did not then think , and do not now think , that that article could produce or has produced that effect against you ; and had I anticipated such an effect I would have foreborne to write it . And ...
... standing as a man or a gentleman ; and I did not then think , and do not now think , that that article could produce or has produced that effect against you ; and had I anticipated such an effect I would have foreborne to write it . And ...
Page 61
... stand far above any I have ever been able to reach in their admira- tion . I cannot conceive that other old men feel differently . Of course I cannot demonstrate what I say ; but I was young once , and I am sure I was never ungenerously ...
... stand far above any I have ever been able to reach in their admira- tion . I cannot conceive that other old men feel differently . Of course I cannot demonstrate what I say ; but I was young once , and I am sure I was never ungenerously ...
Page 67
... stand- ing in doubt between two stacks of hay and starving to death . The like of that would never happen to General Cass . Place the stacks a thousand miles apart , he would stand stock - still midway between them , and eat them both ...
... stand- ing in doubt between two stacks of hay and starving to death . The like of that would never happen to General Cass . Place the stacks a thousand miles apart , he would stand stock - still midway between them , and eat them both ...
Page 83
... declaration , that for some men to enslave others is a " sacred right of self - government . " These prin- ciples cannot stand together . They are as opposite as God and Mammon ; and who ever holds to the one 83 OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
... declaration , that for some men to enslave others is a " sacred right of self - government . " These prin- ciples cannot stand together . They are as opposite as God and Mammon ; and who ever holds to the one 83 OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
Page 89
... stand the outrageous character of the whole Nebraska busi- ness . But I digress . In my opposition to the admission ... Standing as a unit among yourselves , you can , directly and indirectly , bribe enough of our men to carry the day ...
... stand the outrageous character of the whole Nebraska busi- ness . But I digress . In my opposition to the admission ... Standing as a unit among yourselves , you can , directly and indirectly , bribe enough of our men to carry the day ...
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