Complete Works of Abraham Lincoln, Volume 8Lincoln Memorial University, 1894 |
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... believe in its general evil effects on the white race . See our present condition - the country engaged in war - our white men cutting one another's throats - none knowing how far it will extend - and then consider what we know to be ...
... believe in its general evil effects on the white race . See our present condition - the country engaged in war - our white men cutting one another's throats - none knowing how far it will extend - and then consider what we know to be ...
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Abraham Lincoln John George Nicolay, John Hay. it . You may believe that you can live in Wash- ington , or elsewhere in the United States , the remainder of your life as easily , perhaps more so , than you can in any foreign country ...
Abraham Lincoln John George Nicolay, John Hay. it . You may believe that you can live in Wash- ington , or elsewhere in the United States , the remainder of your life as easily , perhaps more so , than you can in any foreign country ...
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... believe to be falsely drawn , I do not , now and here , argue against them . If there be perceptible in it an impatient and dictatorial tone , I waive it in def- erence to an old friend whose heart I have al- ways supposed to be right ...
... believe to be falsely drawn , I do not , now and here , argue against them . If there be perceptible in it an impatient and dictatorial tone , I waive it in def- erence to an old friend whose heart I have al- ways supposed to be right ...
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... believe it would help to save the Union . I shall do less whenever I shall believe what I am doing hurts the cause , and I shall do more whenever I shall believe doing more will help the cause . I shall try to correct errors when shown ...
... believe it would help to save the Union . I shall do less whenever I shall believe what I am doing hurts the cause , and I shall do more whenever I shall believe doing more will help the cause . I shall try to correct errors when shown ...
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... believe that he permits it for some wise purpose of his own , mysterious and un- known to us ; and though with our limited un- derstandings we may not be able to comprehend it , yet we cannot but believe that he who made the world still ...
... believe that he permits it for some wise purpose of his own , mysterious and un- known to us ; and though with our limited un- derstandings we may not be able to comprehend it , yet we cannot but believe that he who made the world still ...
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