Abraham Lincoln's SpeechesDodd, Mead and Company, 1896 - 371 pages |
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... means of communication than it now possesses , for the purpose of facilitating the task of exporting the surplus products of its fer- tile soil , and importing necessary articles from abroad , are indispensably necessary . A meeting has ...
... means of communication than it now possesses , for the purpose of facilitating the task of exporting the surplus products of its fer- tile soil , and importing necessary articles from abroad , are indispensably necessary . A meeting has ...
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... means found to cheat the law , while in all other cases it would have its intended effect . I would favour the pas- sage of a law on this subject which might not be very easily evaded . Let it be such that the labour and difficulty of ...
... means found to cheat the law , while in all other cases it would have its intended effect . I would favour the pas- sage of a law on this subject which might not be very easily evaded . Let it be such that the labour and difficulty of ...
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... means morality , sobriety , enterprise , and industry shall become much more general than at present ; and should be gratified to have it in my power to contribute something to the advancement of any measure which might have a tendency ...
... means morality , sobriety , enterprise , and industry shall become much more general than at present ; and should be gratified to have it in my power to contribute something to the advancement of any measure which might have a tendency ...
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... means shall we fortify against it ? Shall we expect some transatlantic military giant to step across the ocean and ... mean the increasing disre- gard ABRAHAM LINCOLN . 19.
... means shall we fortify against it ? Shall we expect some transatlantic military giant to step across the ocean and ... mean the increasing disre- gard ABRAHAM LINCOLN . 19.
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Abraham Lincoln. omen among us . I mean the increasing disre- gard for law which pervades the country ; the growing disposition to substitute wild and furious passions in lieu of the sober judgment of courts ; and the worse than savage ...
Abraham Lincoln. omen among us . I mean the increasing disre- gard for law which pervades the country ; the growing disposition to substitute wild and furious passions in lieu of the sober judgment of courts ; and the worse than savage ...
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