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His mathematical and legal studies were an aid to precise statement , and his
native honesty made him frank and convincing in argument . He felt himself to be
a poor defender of a guilty client , and sometimes shirked the job . If for a brief ...
His mathematical and legal studies were an aid to precise statement , and his
native honesty made him frank and convincing in argument . He felt himself to be
a poor defender of a guilty client , and sometimes shirked the job . If for a brief ...
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And then both his imagination and his sympathy helped him here , for while he
saw and keenly felt his own side of the argument , he could see as clearly , and
he could sympathetically understand , the side of his opponent . Lincoln was xxiii.
And then both his imagination and his sympathy helped him here , for while he
saw and keenly felt his own side of the argument , he could see as clearly , and
he could sympathetically understand , the side of his opponent . Lincoln was xxiii.
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SLAVERY A fragment , of the same date as the preceding . IF A can prove ,
however conclusively , that he may of right enslave B , why may not B snatch the
same argument and prove equally that he may enslave A ? You say A is white
and B ...
SLAVERY A fragment , of the same date as the preceding . IF A can prove ,
however conclusively , that he may of right enslave B , why may not B snatch the
same argument and prove equally that he may enslave A ? You say A is white
and B ...
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BUT one great argument in support of the repeal of the Missouri Compromise is
still to come . That argument is " the sacred right of self - government . ' It seems
our distinguished senator has found great difficulty in getting his antagonists ...
BUT one great argument in support of the repeal of the Missouri Compromise is
still to come . That argument is " the sacred right of self - government . ' It seems
our distinguished senator has found great difficulty in getting his antagonists ...
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tion , I meet that argument - 1 rush in- I take that bull by the horns . I trust I
understand and truly estimate the right of self - government . My faith in the
proposition that each man should do precisely as he pleases with all which is
exclusively his ...
tion , I meet that argument - 1 rush in- I take that bull by the horns . I trust I
understand and truly estimate the right of self - government . My faith in the
proposition that each man should do precisely as he pleases with all which is
exclusively his ...
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| Título | Lincoln: Passages from His Speeches and Letters |
| Autor | Abraham Lincoln |
| Colaborador | Richard Watson Gilder |
| Editor | Century, 1925 |
| Procedencia del original | Universidad de Cornell |
| Digitalizado | 3 Jun. 2013 |
| Largo | 204 páginas |
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