The Life and Administration of Abraham Lincoln: Presenting His Early History, Political Career, Speeches, Messages, Proclamations, Letters, Etc., with a General View of His Policy as President of the United States, Embracing the Leading Events of the War. Also the European Press on His DeathReprinted, W. Abbatt, 1933 |
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... cause which , I think , is the true and just cause of the whole country and the whole world . Solomon says , " There is a time to keep silence ; ' and when men wrangle by the mouth , with no certainty that they mean the same thing while ...
... cause which , I think , is the true and just cause of the whole country and the whole world . Solomon says , " There is a time to keep silence ; ' and when men wrangle by the mouth , with no certainty that they mean the same thing while ...
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... cause of the slaveholders ' Confederacy . Mr. Lincoln addressed these representa- tives upon the subject in his usual direct , earnest way . A majority of the members thus eloquently and earnestly appealed to , submitted a reply , in ...
... cause of the slaveholders ' Confederacy . Mr. Lincoln addressed these representa- tives upon the subject in his usual direct , earnest way . A majority of the members thus eloquently and earnestly appealed to , submitted a reply , in ...
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... cause than but a day ago we had , for fearing what we had all but ceased to fear . There is enough of depth , and honesty , and capacity for noble anger and generous sorrow , in the character of the Americans ( they are too closely kin ...
... cause than but a day ago we had , for fearing what we had all but ceased to fear . There is enough of depth , and honesty , and capacity for noble anger and generous sorrow , in the character of the Americans ( they are too closely kin ...
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