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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... less than by vigorous and decided action when the time had come for action , he led a great nation through a crisis of unequaled peril , until he fell a victim in the very hour of its complete salvation , is the purpose of the following ...
... less than by vigorous and decided action when the time had come for action , he led a great nation through a crisis of unequaled peril , until he fell a victim in the very hour of its complete salvation , is the purpose of the following ...
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... Less than eight years before Washington gave that warning , he bad , as President of the United States , approved and signed an act of Congress , enforcing the prohibition of slavery in the Northwestern Territory , which act embodied ...
... Less than eight years before Washington gave that warning , he bad , as President of the United States , approved and signed an act of Congress , enforcing the prohibition of slavery in the Northwestern Territory , which act embodied ...
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... less than itself and ruin all which is larger than itself . If a State and a county in a given case , should be equal in extent of territory , and equal in number of inhabitants , in what , as a matter of principle , is the State better ...
... less than itself and ruin all which is larger than itself . If a State and a county in a given case , should be equal in extent of territory , and equal in number of inhabitants , in what , as a matter of principle , is the State better ...
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... less than we gave the people reason to believe we would when they gave us their votes . That plank is as I now read : Mr. Lincoln's private secretary then read section twelfth of the Chicago Platform , as follows : " That while ...
... less than we gave the people reason to believe we would when they gave us their votes . That plank is as I now read : Mr. Lincoln's private secretary then read section twelfth of the Chicago Platform , as follows : " That while ...
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... less than all the parties who made it ? One party to a contract may violate it — break it , so to speak ; but does it not require all to lawfully rescind it ? Descending from these general principles , we find the propo- sition that ...
... less than all the parties who made it ? One party to a contract may violate it — break it , so to speak ; but does it not require all to lawfully rescind it ? Descending from these general principles , we find the propo- sition that ...
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