Lincoln: Passages from His Speeches and LettersCentury Company, 1925 - 204 páginas |
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Passages from His Speeches and Letters Abraham Lincoln. resumed his true literary career , for ( as I have said ) his style was at its best only when he was dealing with a cause in which his whole heart was enlisted . By way of contrast ...
Passages from His Speeches and Letters Abraham Lincoln. resumed his true literary career , for ( as I have said ) his style was at its best only when he was dealing with a cause in which his whole heart was enlisted . By way of contrast ...
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... true or not , I can say , for one , that I have no other so great as that of being truly es- teemed of my fellow - men , by rendering myself worthy of their esteem . How far I shall succeed in gratifying this am- bition is yet to be ...
... true or not , I can say , for one , that I have no other so great as that of being truly es- teemed of my fellow - men , by rendering myself worthy of their esteem . How far I shall succeed in gratifying this am- bition is yet to be ...
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... true that the negro is inferior to the white in the gifts of nature ; is it not the exact reverse of justice that the white should for that rea- son take from the negro any part of the little which he has had given him ? Give to him ...
... true that the negro is inferior to the white in the gifts of nature ; is it not the exact reverse of justice that the white should for that rea- son take from the negro any part of the little which he has had given him ? Give to him ...
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... true in fact . But it is true with Judge Douglas . It is true with the Supreme Court who pro- nounced it . They are estopped from denying it , and being es- topped from denying it , the con- clusion follows that , the Con- stitution of ...
... true in fact . But it is true with Judge Douglas . It is true with the Supreme Court who pro- nounced it . They are estopped from denying it , and being es- topped from denying it , the con- clusion follows that , the Con- stitution of ...
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... policy , it is alike true to say that he can thus argue logically if he don't see any- thing wrong in it ; but he can- not say so logically if he ad- mits that slavery is wrong . He cannot say that he would as soon see a 67.
... policy , it is alike true to say that he can thus argue logically if he don't see any- thing wrong in it ; but he can- not say so logically if he ad- mits that slavery is wrong . He cannot say that he would as soon see a 67.
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