Abraham Lincoln's SpeechesDodd, Mead and Company, 1896 - 371 pages |
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... wrong . The South held that slav- ery was morally and politically 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 ...
... wrong . The South held that slav- ery was morally and politically 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 ...
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... probable I have already been more presuming than becomes me . How- ever , upon the subjects of which I have treated , I have spoken as I have thought . I may be wrong in regard to any or all of them ; but 16 ABRAHAM LINCOLN .
... probable I have already been more presuming than becomes me . How- ever , upon the subjects of which I have treated , I have spoken as I have thought . I may be wrong in regard to any or all of them ; but 16 ABRAHAM LINCOLN .
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... wrong , so soon as I discover my opinions to be erroneous I shall be ready to renounce them . Every man is said to have his peculiar ambi- tion . Whether it be true or not , I can say , for one , that I have no other so great as that of ...
... wrong , so soon as I discover my opinions to be erroneous I shall be ready to renounce them . Every man is said to have his peculiar ambi- tion . Whether it be true or not , I can say , for one , that I have no other so great as that of ...
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... wrong in principle ; and the better to impress this proposition , he uses a figurative expression in these words : ' The Democrats are vulnerable in the heel , but they are sound in the heart and in the head . ' The first branch of the ...
... wrong in principle ; and the better to impress this proposition , he uses a figurative expression in these words : ' The Democrats are vulnerable in the heel , but they are sound in the heart and in the head . ' The first branch of the ...
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... wrong of slavery , and their consciousness that , after all , there is humanity in the negro . In 1820 you joined the North almost unanimously in de- claring the African slave - trade piracy , and in annexing to it the punishment of ...
... wrong of slavery , and their consciousness that , after all , there is humanity in the negro . In 1820 you joined the North almost unanimously in de- claring the African slave - trade piracy , and in annexing to it the punishment 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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