Abraham Lincoln's SpeechesDodd, Mead and Company, 1896 - 371 pages |
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... of New Jersey Address at Independence Hall , Philadelphia . From his Reply to the Governor , and his Address to the Legislature at Harrisburgh , Pennsylvania . 236 229 • 232 234 Reply to the Mayor of Washington , D. C .. iv CONTENTS .
... of New Jersey Address at Independence Hall , Philadelphia . From his Reply to the Governor , and his Address to the Legislature at Harrisburgh , Pennsylvania . 236 229 • 232 234 Reply to the Mayor of Washington , D. C .. iv CONTENTS .
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... Independence that all men were created equal , included the negro , and that to enslave him was to commit a moral and political wrong . The South held that slav- ery was morally and politically right . The sur- render of its opinions ...
... Independence that all men were created equal , included the negro , and that to enslave him was to commit a moral and political wrong . The South held that slav- ery was morally and politically right . The sur- render of its opinions ...
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... Independence , so to the support of the Constitu- tion and the Laws let every American pledge his life , his property , and his sacred honour ; let every man remember that to violate the law is to trample on the blood of his father ...
... Independence , so to the support of the Constitu- tion and the Laws let every American pledge his life , his property , and his sacred honour ; let every man remember that to violate the law is to trample on the blood of his father ...
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... Independence , that " all men are created equal , " and that Mr. Cal- houn was the first American of any note to assail or ridicule the claim of the black man to a place in the " white man's charter of freedom . " His comment upon Mr ...
... Independence , that " all men are created equal , " and that Mr. Cal- houn was the first American of any note to assail or ridicule the claim of the black man to a place in the " white man's charter of freedom . " His comment upon Mr ...
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... Independence ; repeal all past history , — you still cannot repeal human nature . It still will be the abundance of man's heart that slavery extension is wrong , and out of the abundance of his heart his mouth will con- tinue to speak ...
... Independence ; repeal all past history , — you still cannot repeal human nature . It still will be the abundance of man's heart that slavery extension is wrong , and out of the abundance of his heart his mouth will con- tinue to speak ...
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