Abraham Lincoln's SpeechesDodd, Mead and Company, 1896 - 371 pages |
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... respect to the County of Sangamon , some more easy 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 ...
... respect to the County of Sangamon , some more easy 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 ...
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... Respecting this view , I think I may say , without the fear of being contradicted , that its navigation may be rendered completely practicable as high as the mouth of the South Fork , or probably ABRAHAM LINCOLN . II.
... Respecting this view , I think I may say , without the fear of being contradicted , that its navigation may be rendered completely practicable as high as the mouth of the South Fork , or probably ABRAHAM LINCOLN . II.
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... respecting it , I can only say that I view it as the most important sub- ject which we , as a people , can be engaged in . That every man may receive at least a moderate education , and thereby be enabled to read the histories of his ...
... respecting it , I can only say that I view it as the most important sub- ject which we , as a people , can be engaged in . That every man may receive at least a moderate education , and thereby be enabled to read the histories of his ...
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... respecting the issuing of executions , the road law , and some others are deficient in their present form , and require alterations . But con- sidering the great probability that the framers of those laws were wiser than myself , I ...
... respecting the issuing of executions , the road law , and some others are deficient in their present form , and require alterations . But con- sidering the great probability that the framers of those laws were wiser than myself , I ...
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... respect I shall follow his example , believing I - 1 The biographers of Mr. Lincoln do not seem to have given to this speech the credit to which it is entitled . One of them says , it was " not of much consequence . " No doubt it would ...
... respect I shall follow his example , believing I - 1 The biographers of Mr. Lincoln do not seem to have given to this speech the credit to which it is entitled . One of them says , it was " not of much consequence . " No doubt it would ...
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Abraham Lincoln's Speeches Abraham Lincoln,L. E. (Lucius Eugene) 1824- Chittenden No preview available - 2016 |
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