Abraham Lincoln's SpeechesDodd, Mead and Company, 1896 - 371 pages |
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... matter sub- jected , mind , all - conquering mind , shall live and move , the monarch of the world ! Glorious con- summation ! Hail , fall of fury ! Reign of reason , all hail ! " And when the victory shall be complete , - when there ...
... matter sub- jected , mind , all - conquering mind , shall live and move , the monarch of the world ! Glorious con- summation ! Hail , fall of fury ! Reign of reason , all hail ! " And when the victory shall be complete , - when there ...
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... matters which do not concern us . Here , or at Washington , I would not trouble myself with the oyster laws of Vir- ginia ... matter of self - government , do just what he pleases with him . But if the negro is a man , is it not to that ...
... matters which do not concern us . Here , or at Washington , I would not trouble myself with the oyster laws of Vir- ginia ... matter of self - government , do just what he pleases with him . But if the negro is a man , is it not to that ...
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... matter entirely to yourself . I also acknowledge your rights and my obligations under the Consti- 1 In this letter to his intimate friend , as a justification of his dislike of slavery , Mr. Lincoln is supposed to have referred to his ...
... matter entirely to yourself . I also acknowledge your rights and my obligations under the Consti- 1 In this letter to his intimate friend , as a justification of his dislike of slavery , Mr. Lincoln is supposed to have referred to his ...
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... matter , can be produced to make the impossibility of escape more com- plete than it is . It is grossly incorrect to say or assume that the public estimate of the negro is more favourable now than it was at the origin of the government ...
... matter , can be produced to make the impossibility of escape more com- plete than it is . It is grossly incorrect to say or assume that the public estimate of the negro is more favourable now than it was at the origin of the government ...
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... matter of popular sovereignty . What is popular sovereignty ? We recollect that at an early period in the history of this struggle , there was another name for the same thing , — squatter sovereignty . It was not exactly popular ...
... matter of popular sovereignty . What is popular sovereignty ? We recollect that at an early period in the history of this struggle , there was another name for the same thing , — squatter sovereignty . It was not exactly popular ...
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Abraham Lincoln's Speeches Abraham Lincoln,L. E. (Lucius Eugene) 1824- Chittenden No preview available - 2016 |
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Abraham Lincoln adopted argument army believe better cause claim Compromise of 1850 Congress Constitution course of ultimate created equal decided Declaration of Independence Democratic Douglas's Dred Scott decision duty election emancipation Emancipation Proclamation enemy exclude slavery executive government existence fact fathers favour February 22 friends give hold hope Illinois indorse institution of slavery Judge Douglas Kansas labour Lecompton constitution legislation liberty Lincoln live matter mean ment military Missouri Compromise moral nation Nebraska Bill necessity negro never North object Ohio opinion party peace perpetual political popular sovereignty President principle proclamation proposition public mind purpose race rebellion regard repeal Republican Republican party save the Union Senate sentiment slaves soldiers South speech Springfield stand stitution struggle suppose Supreme Court Territory thing tion true ultimate extinction United Vallandigham voted Whig whole wrong