Recollected Words of Abraham Lincoln

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Don Fehrenbacher, Virginia Fehrenbacher
Stanford University Press, 1996 M11 1 - 648 páginas
This is the first comprehensive collection of remarks attributed to Abraham Lincoln by his contemporaries. Much of what is known or believed about the man comes from such utterances, which have been an important part of Lincoln biography. About his mother, for instance, he never wrote anything beyond supplying a few routine facts, but he can be quoted as stating orally that she was the illegitimate daughter of a Virginia aristocrat. Similarly, there is no mention of Ann Rutledge in any of his writings, but he can be quoted as saying when he was president-elect, I did honestly and truly love the girl and think often, often of her now.

Did Lincoln make a conditional offer to evacuate Fort Sumter in April 1861? Did he personally make the decision to restore General McClellan to army command in September 1862? To whom did he first reveal his intention to issue an emancipation proclamation? Did he label the Gettysburg address a failure right after delivering it? Did he, just a few days before his assassination, dream of a president lying dead in the White House? All of these questions, and many others, arise from recollective quotations of Lincoln, and the answer in each instance depends upon how one appraises the reliability of such recollection.

 

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V
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X
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XI
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XIII
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XXI
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XXIV
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DCCCXXIV
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DCCCXXIX
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DCCCXXXV
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DCCCXXXVI
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DCCCXXXVII
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DCCCXL
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DCCCXLI
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XXXIII
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XXXVIII
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XLII
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XLIX
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LIV
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LXII
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LXIV
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LXVII
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LXIX
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LXXV
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LXXVI
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LXXX
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LXXXI
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LXXXII
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LXXXV
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XC
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XCIII
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XCIV
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XCV
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XCVII
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CI
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CII
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CIV
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CVII
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CXI
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CXV
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CXVII
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CXVIII
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CXXII
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CXXIII
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CXXIX
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CXXXIII
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CXXXVI
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CXL
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CXLIV
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CXLIX
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CLII
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CLV
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CLX
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CLXI
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CLXVIII
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CLXXV
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CLXXX
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CLXXXVI
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CXCII
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CXCV
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CXCVII
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CXCVIII
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CCII
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CCIII
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CCVI
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CCXI
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CCXII
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CCXV
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CCXVIII
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CCXXIV
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CCXXIX
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CCXXXII
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CCXXXVI
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CCXLII
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CCXLV
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CCXLVI
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CCXLIX
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CCLIV
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CCLIX
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CCLX
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CCLXVII
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CCLXIX
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CCLXXVI
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CCLXXXII
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CCLXXXV
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CCLXXXVII
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CCXCIV
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CCXCVI
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CCCIII
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CCCXVI
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CCCXX
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CCCXXII
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CCCXXIV
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CCCXXV
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CCCXXVII
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CCCXXIX
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CCCXXX
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CCCXXXI
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CCCXXXIII
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CCCXXXIV
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CCCXXXVII
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CCCXLI
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CCCXLIII
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CCCXLVIII
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CCCLI
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CCCLIII
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CCCLVI
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CCCLXI
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CCCLXIV
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CCCLXVI
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CCCLXX
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CCCLXXV
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CCCLXXVII
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CCCLXXXI
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CCCLXXXVII
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CCCLXXXVIII
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CCCXCIV
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CCCXCVIII
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CCCXCIX
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CDVI
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CDVII
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CDXII
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CDXIX
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CDXX
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CDXXII
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CDXXIII
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CDXXIV
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CDXXVII
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CDXXIX
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CDXXXIV
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CDXXXV
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CDXXXVII
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CDXLIII
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CDXLIX
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CDLI
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CDLV
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CDLX
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CDLXV
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CDLXXIII
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CDLXXXI
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CDLXXXVIII
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CDXC
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CDXCII
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CDXCIII
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CDXCVIII
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DII
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DVII
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DXII
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DXV
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DXXII
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DXXVIII
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DXXXIV
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DXXXVI
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DXXXVIII
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DXXXIX
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DXL
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DXLIII
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DXLIV
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DXLVI
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DXLIX
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DLI
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DLV
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DLVII
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DLXI
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DLXII
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DLXIII
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DLXV
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DLXX
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DLXXIV
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DLXXVII
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DLXXXVIII
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DXC
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DXCIV
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DXCVII
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DXCVIII
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DCIII
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DCVII
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DCXI
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DCXVII
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DCXIX
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DCXXI
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DCXXVI
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DCXXVII
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DCXXXII
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DCXXXVIII
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DCXLII
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DCXLV
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DCL
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DCLVII
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DCLXIII
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DCLXV
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DCLXVI
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DCLXVII
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DCLXX
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DCLXXVII
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DCLXXIX
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DCLXXXII
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DCLXXXIII
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DCLXXXV
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DCXC
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DCXCII
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DCXCVI
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DCCI
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DCCIII
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DCCVI
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DCCIX
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DCCXIV
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DCCXVIII
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DCCXXI
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DCCXXVII
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DCCLI
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DCCC
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DCCCXCI
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CMII
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CMIII
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CMV
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CMVI
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CMVIII
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CMX
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CMXV
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CMXVII
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CMXXIII
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CMXXVII
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CMXXVIII
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CMXXX
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CMXXXIV
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CMXXXV
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CMXXXIX
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CMXL
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CMXLII
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CMXLIII
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CMXLIV
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CMXLVII
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CMLI
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CMLVII
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CMLX
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CMLXI
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CMLXVII
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CMLXIX
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CMLXXIV
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CMLXXVI
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CMLXXX
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CMLXXXI
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CMLXXXIII
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CMLXXXV
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CMLXXXVI
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CMLXXXVIII
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CMXCI
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CMXCIII
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CMXCVII
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M
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MI
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MIII
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MIV
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MVI
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MVII
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MVIII
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MXI
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MXII
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MXIII
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MXXI
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MXXIII
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MXXVI
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MXXIX
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MXXXII
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MXXXV
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MXXXVII
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MXL
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MXLIII
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MXLVI
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MLIII
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MLIV
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MLX
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MLXV
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MLXXI
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MLXXII
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MLXXV
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MLXXX
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MLXXXV
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MLXXXVII
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MLXXXVIII
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MXC
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MXCI
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MXCIII
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MXCIV
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MXCVII
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MC
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MCIV
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MCX
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MCXIII
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MCXVII
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MCXX
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MCXXIII
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MCXXIV
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MCXXV
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MCXXVI
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MCXXIX
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MCXXXII
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MCXXXVII
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MCXXXVIII
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MCXL
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MCXLII
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MCXLIII
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MCXLVII
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MCXLIX
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MCL
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MCLIV
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MCLVIII
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MCLXI
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MCLXIV
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MCLXVII
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MCLXXII
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MCLXXVI
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MCLXXIX
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MCLXXXV
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MCLXXXIX
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MCXCII
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MCXCVII
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MCC
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MCCIV
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MCCV
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MCCVIII
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MCCXI
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MCCXL
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MCCXLIII
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MCCXLVII
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MCCLII
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MCCLIII
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MCCXCII
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MCCCI
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MCCCVI
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MCCCXIV
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MCCCXIX
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MCCCXX
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MCCCXXI
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MCCCXXVII
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MCCCXXIX
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MCCCXXX
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MCCCXXXI
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MCCCXXXIV
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MCCCXXXVII
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MCCCXXXIX
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MCCCXLII
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MCCCXLV
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MCCCXLIX
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MCCCLI
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MCCCLV
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MCCCLVI
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MCCCLVII
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MCCCLIX
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MCCCLXII
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MCCCLXVII
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MCCCLXX
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MCCCLXXI
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MCCCLXXIV
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MCCCLXXVII
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MCCCLXXX
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MCCCLXXXIV
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MCCCLXXXVI
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MCCCLXXXVII
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MCCCXC
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MCCCXCIII
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MCCCXCVI
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MCCCXCIX
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MCDII
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MCDVIII
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MCDXII
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MCDXV
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MCDXIX
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MCDXXIV
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MCDXXVIII
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MCDXXXIV
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MCDXL
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MCDXLII
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MCDXLIII
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MCDXLIV
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MCDXLV
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MCDXLVIII
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MCDLII
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MCDLVIII
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MCDLX
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MCDLXII
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MCDLXV
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MCDLXVIII
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MCDLXX
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MCDLXXI
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MCDLXXII
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MCDLXXVI
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MCDLXXVII
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MCDLXXIX
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MCDLXXXV
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MCDXC
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MCDXCIV
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MCDXCIX
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MDII
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MDIV
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MDIX
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MDXI
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MDXIII
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MDXIV
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MDXV
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MDXVI
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MDXVII
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Don E. Fehrenbacher is William Robertson Coe Professor of History and American Studies Emeritus at Stanford University. Among his many Lincoln publications is a two-volume edition of Abraham Lincoln: Speeches and Writings for the Library of America. Virginia Fehrenbacher is a retired public school teacher.

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