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" Things had gone on from bad to worse until I felt that we had reached the end of our rope on the plan of operations we had been pursuing ; that we had about played our last card, and must change our tactics or lose the game. I now determined upon the... "
The Pictorial Book of Anecdotes and Incidents of the War of the Rebellion ... - Page 642
by Richard Miller Devens - 1866 - 705 pages
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The Century: 1888-89, Volume 37

1889 - 1016 pages
...memory was slightly at fault. icy; and without consultation with, or the knowledge of, the Cabinet, 1 prepared the original draft of the proclamation, and,...thought, called a Cabinet meeting upon the subject. . . . All were present excepting Mr. Blair, the Postmaster-General, who was absent at the opening of...
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Abraham Lincoln: A History, Volume 6

John George Nicolay, John Hay - United States - 1890 - 600 pages
...been pursuing; that we had about played our last card, and must change our tactics, or lose the game. I now determined upon the adoption of the emancipation...the proclamation, and after much anxious thought, 2 3 5 £ s called a Cabinet meeting upon the subject. . . All were CHAP.VI. present excepting Mr. Blair,...
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Abraham Lincoln, the Liberator: A Biographical Sketch

Charles Wallace French - Presidents - 1891 - 416 pages
...been pursuing; that we had about played our last card, and must change our tactics or lose the game. I now determined upon the adoption of the emancipation...after much anxious thought, called a Cabinet meeting on the subject. This was the last of July or the first part of the month of August, 1862. I said to...
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abraham lincoln

charles carleton coffin - 1892 - 654 pages
...a few months later : our tactics, or lose the game. I determined on the Emancipation Proclamation, and, without consultation with or the knowledge of the Cabinet, I prepared the original draft, and after much anxious thought called a Cabinet meeting upon the subject." Thirty-one years had passed...
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Abraham Lincoln

Charles Carleton Coffin - 1892 - 574 pages
...a few months later : our tactics, or lose the game. I determined on the Emancipation Proclamation, and, without consultation with or the knowledge of the Cabinet, I prepared the original draft, and after, much anxious thought called a Cabinet meeting upon the subject." Thirty-one years had passed...
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Abraham Lincoln

Charles Carleton Coffin - 1893 - 608 pages
...a few months later : our tactics, or lose the game. I determined on the Emancipation Proclamation, and, without consultation with or the knowledge of the Cabinet, I prepared the original draft, and after much anxious thought called a Cabinet meeting upon the subject." Thirty-one years had passed...
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Abraham Lincoln

Charles Carleton Coffin - 1893 - 564 pages
...card and must change our tactics, or lose the game. I determined on the Emancipation Proclamation, and, without consultation with or the knowledge of the Cabinet, I prepared the original draft, and after much anxious thought called a Cabinet meeting upon the subject." Thirty -one years had passed...
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Complete Works, Volume 10

Abraham Lincoln - Illinois - 1894 - 410 pages
...been pursuing; that we had about played our last card, and must change our tactics, or lose the game. I now determined upon the adoption of the emancipation...part of the month of August, 1862. [The exact date was July 22, 1862.] . . . All were present excepting Mr. Blair, the PostmasteAGeneral, who was absent...
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Abraham Lincoln: Complete Works, Comprising His Speeches, Letters ..., Volume 2

Abraham Lincoln - United States - 1894 - 854 pages
...been pursuing ; that we had about played our last card, and must change our tactics, or lose the game. I now determined upon the adoption of the emancipation...part of the month of August, 1862. [The exact date was July 22, 1862.J . . . All were present excepting Mr. Blair, the Postmaster-General, who was absent...
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The Words of Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln - 1898 - 72 pages
...been pursuing ; that we had about played our last card, and must change our tactics or lose the game. I now determined upon the adoption of the emancipation...after much anxious thought, called a Cabinet meeting on the subject. This was the last of July or the first part of the month of August 1862. I said to...
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