Lincoln: Passages from His Speeches and LettersCentury Company, 1925 - 204 páginas |
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... precise statement , and his na- tive 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 period in his youth he indulged xxi.
... precise statement , and his na- tive 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 period in his youth he indulged xxi.
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... then both his imagination and his sym- pathy helped him here , for while he saw and keenly felt his own side of the argument , he could see as clearly , and he could sym- pathetically understand , the side of his opponent . Lincoln xxiii.
... then both his imagination and his sym- pathy helped him here , for while he saw and keenly felt his own side of the argument , he could see as clearly , and he could sym- pathetically understand , the side of his opponent . Lincoln xxiii.
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... argument and prove equally that he may en- slave A ? You say A is white and B is black . It is color , then ; the lighter having the right to enslave the darker ? Take care . By this rule you are to be slave to the first man you meet ...
... argument and prove equally that he may en- slave A ? You say A is white and B is black . It is color , then ; the lighter having the right to enslave the darker ? Take care . By this rule you are to be slave to the first man you meet ...
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... argument in support of the repeal of the Missouri Compromise is still to come . That argument is " the sacred right of self - govern- ment . ' It seems our distin- guished senator has found great difficulty in getting his antag- onists ...
... argument in support of the repeal of the Missouri Compromise is still to come . That argument is " the sacred right of self - govern- ment . ' It seems our distin- guished senator has found great difficulty in getting his antag- onists ...
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Passages from His Speeches and Letters Abraham Lincoln. tion , I meet that argument — I 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 ...
Passages from His Speeches and Letters Abraham Lincoln. tion , I meet that argument — I 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 ...
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