Lincoln: Passages from His Speeches and LettersCentury Company, 1925 - 204 páginas |
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... ment of Louisiana is only to what it should be as the egg is to the fowl , we shall sooner have the fowl by hatching the egg than by smashing it . " A specimen of his spoken wit is the story told of his reply to the countryman who at a ...
... ment of Louisiana is only to what it should be as the egg is to the fowl , we shall sooner have the fowl by hatching the egg than by smashing it . " A specimen of his spoken wit is the story told of his reply to the countryman who at a ...
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... ment with " parties in arms against the government , ' " Lincoln said : " I do not profess to be posted in history . In all such matters I will turn you over to Seward . All I distinctly recollect about the case of Charles I is that he ...
... ment with " parties in arms against the government , ' " Lincoln said : " I do not profess to be posted in history . In all such matters I will turn you over to Seward . All I distinctly recollect about the case of Charles I is that he ...
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... ment yield to the popular be- lief . Resolve to be honest at all events ; and if in your own judgment you cannot be an honest lawyer , resolve to be honest without being a lawyer . Choose some other occupation , rather than one in the ...
... ment yield to the popular be- lief . Resolve to be honest at all events ; and if in your own judgment you cannot be an honest lawyer , resolve to be honest without being a lawyer . Choose some other occupation , rather than one in the ...
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... ago I was a hired laborer . The hired la- borer of yesterday labors on his own account to - day , and will hire others to labor for him to- morrow . Advancement - improve- ment in condition - is the order 15 IV SLAVERY.
... ago I was a hired laborer . The hired la- borer of yesterday labors on his own account to - day , and will hire others to labor for him to- morrow . Advancement - improve- ment in condition - is the order 15 IV SLAVERY.
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Passages from His Speeches and Letters Abraham Lincoln. Advancement - improve- ment in condition - is the order of things in a society of equals . As labor is the common bur- den of our race , so the effort of some to shift their share ...
Passages from His Speeches and Letters Abraham Lincoln. Advancement - improve- ment in condition - is the order of things in a society of equals . As labor is the common bur- den of our race , so the effort of some to shift their share ...
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