Lincoln: Passages from His Speeches and LettersCentury Company, 1925 - 204 páginas |
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... Friends : No one not in my situation can appreciate my feeling of sadness at this part- ing . To this place , and the kindness of these people , I owe everything . Here I have lived a quarter of a century , and have passed from a young ...
... Friends : No one not in my situation can appreciate my feeling of sadness at this part- ing . To this place , and the kindness of these people , I owe everything . Here I have lived a quarter of a century , and have passed from a young ...
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... friends , can this country be saved on that basis ? If it can , I will consider myself one of the happiest men in the world if I can help to save it . If it cannot be saved upon that principle , it will be truly awful . But if this ...
... friends , can this country be saved on that basis ? If it can , I will consider myself one of the happiest men in the world if I can help to save it . If it cannot be saved upon that principle , it will be truly awful . But if this ...
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... friends , this is wholly an unprepared speech . I did not expect to be called on to say a word when I came here . I supposed I was merely to do something toward raising a flag . I may , therefore , have said something indiscreet . But I ...
... friends , this is wholly an unprepared speech . I did not expect to be called on to say a word when I came here . I supposed I was merely to do something toward raising a flag . I may , therefore , have said something indiscreet . But I ...
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... friends can make laws ? Can treaties be more faithfully enforced be- tween aliens than laws can among friends ? Suppose you go to war , you cannot fight always ; and when , after much loss on both sides , and no gain on either , you ...
... friends can make laws ? Can treaties be more faithfully enforced be- tween aliens than laws can among friends ? Suppose you go to war , you cannot fight always ; and when , after much loss on both sides , and no gain on either , you ...
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... friends . We must not be enemies . Though passion may have strained , it must not break our bonds of affection . The mystic chords of memory , stretching from every battle - field and patriot grave to every living heart and hearthstone ...
... friends . We must not be enemies . Though passion may have strained , it must not break our bonds of affection . The mystic chords of memory , stretching from every battle - field and patriot grave to every living heart and hearthstone ...
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