The Martyr's Monument: Being the Patriotism and Political Wisdom of Abraham Lincoln, as Exhibited in His Speeches, Messages, Orders, and Proclamations, from the Presidential Canvass of 1860 Until His Assassination, April 14, 1865 ... |
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... course repeated himself often , and on some occasions he merely uttered a kindly sentence or two , which was cut short by the impatient shriek of the railway engine . The following are all the speeches made by him upon his journey , to ...
... course repeated himself often , and on some occasions he merely uttered a kindly sentence or two , which was cut short by the impatient shriek of the railway engine . The following are all the speeches made by him upon his journey , to ...
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... course of policy as future events may make a change necessary . I have not maintained silence from any want of real anxiety . It is a good thing that there is no more than anxiety , for there is nothing going wrong . It is a consoling ...
... course of policy as future events may make a change necessary . I have not maintained silence from any want of real anxiety . It is a good thing that there is no more than anxiety , for there is nothing going wrong . It is a consoling ...
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... course for me to take . [ Great applause . ] I am brought before you now , and required to make a speech , when you all approve more than anything else of the fact that I have been keeping silence . [ Great laugh- ter , cries of " Good ...
... course for me to take . [ Great applause . ] I am brought before you now , and required to make a speech , when you all approve more than anything else of the fact that I have been keeping silence . [ Great laugh- ter , cries of " Good ...
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... course I shall deem it best to pursue . It is proper that I should avail myself of all the information and all the time at my command , in order that when the time arrives in which I must speak officially , I shall be able to take the ...
... course I shall deem it best to pursue . It is proper that I should avail myself of all the information and all the time at my command , in order that when the time arrives in which I must speak officially , I shall be able to take the ...
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... course , and I may say in ad- vance that there will be no bloodshed , unless it be forced upon the Government , and then it will be compelled to act in self- defence . [ Applause . ] My friends , this is wholly an unexpected speech ...
... course , and I may say in ad- vance that there will be no bloodshed , unless it be forced upon the Government , and then it will be compelled to act in self- defence . [ Applause . ] My friends , this is wholly an unexpected speech ...
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