Lincoln: Passages from His Speeches and LettersCentury Company, 1925 - 204 páginas |
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... to draw that conclusion . He shirks the responsibility of pulling the house down , but he digs under it that it may fall of its own weight . " " The enemy would fight , " said the President once , in a letter to General Hooker xxxvi.
... to draw that conclusion . He shirks the responsibility of pulling the house down , but he digs under it that it may fall of its own weight . " " The enemy would fight , " said the President once , in a letter to General Hooker xxxvi.
Página xxxvii
Passages from His Speeches and Letters Abraham Lincoln. the President once , in a letter to General Hooker , " in intrench- ments , and have you at a disad- vantage , and so , man for man , worst you at that point , while his main force ...
Passages from His Speeches and Letters Abraham Lincoln. the President once , in a letter to General Hooker , " in intrench- ments , and have you at a disad- vantage , and so , man for man , worst you at that point , while his main force ...
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... 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 recep- tion said , in the prepared speech that patriots so often shoot at the President as they Xxxviii.
... 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 recep- tion said , in the prepared speech that patriots so often shoot at the President as they Xxxviii.
Página xxxix
... President as they plunge past him in the processions through the White House , - " I believe in God Almighty and Abraham Lin- coln . " " You ' re more than half right , " quickly answered the President . When , at a confer- ence with ...
... President as they plunge past him in the processions through the White House , - " I believe in God Almighty and Abraham Lin- coln . " " You ' re more than half right , " quickly answered the President . When , at a confer- ence with ...
Página xlv
... with the Gettysburg Address . It was written , just one year after the delivery of the Address , to a mother who , the President heard , had lost five sons in the army . I believe the number was not so large , though that does not.
... with the Gettysburg Address . It was written , just one year after the delivery of the Address , to a mother who , the President heard , had lost five sons in the army . I believe the number was not so large , though that does not.
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