Abraham Lincoln's SpeechesDodd, Mead and Company, 1896 - 371 pages |
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... object . No other improvement that rea- son will justify us in hoping for can equal in utility the railroad . It is a never - failing source of com- munication between places of business remotely situated from each other . Upon the ...
... object . No other improvement that rea- son will justify us in hoping for can equal in utility the railroad . It is a never - failing source of com- munication between places of business remotely situated from each other . Upon the ...
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... object . Of all parts of the river , none will require so much labour in proportion to make it navigable as the last thirty or thirty - five miles ; and going with the meanderings of the channel , when we are this distance above its ...
... object . Of all parts of the river , none will require so much labour in proportion to make it navigable as the last thirty or thirty - five miles ; and going with the meanderings of the channel , when we are this distance above its ...
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... object which may appear judi- cious , will meet my approbation and shall receive my support . It appears that the practice of drawing [ qu . loaning ? ] money at exorbitant rates of interest has already been opened as a field for ...
... object which may appear judi- cious , will meet my approbation and shall receive my support . It appears that the practice of drawing [ qu . loaning ? ] money at exorbitant rates of interest has already been opened as a field for ...
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... object of vital im- portance , even on this account alone , to say nothing of the advantages and satisfaction to be derived from all being able to read the Scriptures and other works , both of a religious and moral nature , for ...
... object of vital im- portance , even on this account alone , to say nothing of the advantages and satisfaction to be derived from all being able to read the Scriptures and other works , both of a religious and moral nature , for ...
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... object , and although he would as willingly , perhaps more so , acquire it by doing good as harm , yet that oppor- tunity being passed , and nothing left to be done in the way of building up , he would sit down boldly to the task of ...
... object , and although he would as willingly , perhaps more so , acquire it by doing good as harm , yet that oppor- tunity being passed , and nothing left to be done in the way of building up , he would sit down boldly to the task of ...
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Abraham Lincoln's Speeches Abraham Lincoln,L. E. (Lucius Eugene) 1824- Chittenden No preview available - 2016 |
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