Abraham Lincoln's SpeechesDodd, Mead and Company, 1896 - 371 pages |
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... existence , found ourselves the legal inheritors of these fundamental blessings . We toiled not in the acquirement or the establishment of them ; they are a legacy bequeathed to us by a once hardy , brave , and patriotic , but now ...
... existence , found ourselves the legal inheritors of these fundamental blessings . We toiled not in the acquirement or the establishment of them ; they are a legacy bequeathed to us by a once hardy , brave , and patriotic , but now ...
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... existence . A little of the bone was left , and I gradually re- vived . He eulogised Mr. Clay in high and beau- tiful terms , and then declared that we had deserted all our principles , and had turned Henry Clay out , like an old horse ...
... existence . A little of the bone was left , and I gradually re- vived . He eulogised Mr. Clay in high and beau- tiful terms , and then declared that we had deserted all our principles , and had turned Henry Clay out , like an old horse ...
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... to it . That principle is the only shred left of his original Nebraska doctrine . Under the Dred Scott decision , " squatter sovereignty " squatted out of existence , tumbled down like temporary scaffolding 76 ABRAHAM LINCOLN .
... to it . That principle is the only shred left of his original Nebraska doctrine . Under the Dred Scott decision , " squatter sovereignty " squatted out of existence , tumbled down like temporary scaffolding 76 ABRAHAM LINCOLN .
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Abraham Lincoln. squatted out of existence , tumbled down like temporary scaffolding ; like the mould at the foundry , it served through one blast , and fell back into loose sand , -helped to carry an election , and then was kicked to ...
Abraham Lincoln. squatted out of existence , tumbled down like temporary scaffolding ; like the mould at the foundry , it served through one blast , and fell back into loose sand , -helped to carry an election , and then was kicked to ...
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... existence upon the face of the earth . " Gentlemen , I fear that I shall become te- dious . I leave this branch of the subject to take hold of another . I take up that part of Judge Douglas's speech in which he respectfully at- tended ...
... existence upon the face of the earth . " Gentlemen , I fear that I shall become te- dious . I leave this branch of the subject to take hold of another . I take up that part of Judge Douglas's speech in which he respectfully at- tended ...
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Abraham Lincoln's Speeches Abraham Lincoln,L. E. (Lucius Eugene) 1824- Chittenden No preview available - 2016 |
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