Abraham Lincoln's SpeechesDodd, Mead and Company, 1896 - 371 pages |
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... give these facts as I understand them , without citing authorities . Doubtless there are those who will controvert them , with whom I shall here have no dispute . As I give them , they are consistent with his char- acter , and the ...
... give these facts as I understand them , without citing authorities . Doubtless there are those who will controvert them , with whom I shall here have no dispute . As I give them , they are consistent with his char- acter , and the ...
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... right . The sur- render of its opinions was prohibited by the conscience of the North ; the South would not give up its claim . The two could not live together . The country must become ali slave or all INTRODUCTION . 5.
... right . The sur- render of its opinions was prohibited by the conscience of the North ; the South would not give up its claim . The two could not live together . The country must become ali slave or all INTRODUCTION . 5.
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... give as full promise as could be ex- pected at that age , of the speech at Gettysburg and the two inaugural addresses . I shall not attempt any criticism of the power or excellence of the following extracts , nor any - - defence of ...
... give as full promise as could be ex- pected at that age , of the speech at Gettysburg and the two inaugural addresses . I shall not attempt any criticism of the power or excellence of the following extracts , nor any - - defence of ...
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... give aid that will ; and who shall be excused that can and will not ? Far around as human breath has ever blown , he keeps our fathers , our brothers , our sons , and our friends prostrate in the chains of moral death . To all the ...
... give aid that will ; and who shall be excused that can and will not ? Far around as human breath has ever blown , he keeps our fathers , our brothers , our sons , and our friends prostrate in the chains of moral death . To all the ...
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... gives to slavery in the body politic . I object to it because it assumes that there can be moral right in the enslaving of one man by another . I object to it because the Fathers of the Republic eschewed and rejected it . . . . The ...
... gives to slavery in the body politic . I object to it because it assumes that there can be moral right in the enslaving of one man by another . I object to it because the Fathers of the Republic eschewed and rejected it . . . . The ...
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Abraham Lincoln's Speeches Abraham Lincoln,L. E. (Lucius Eugene) 1824- Chittenden No preview available - 2016 |
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