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Abraham Lincoln Marion Mills Miller. FROM PHOTOGRAPH BY BRADY EARLY SPEECHES 1832-1856 INCLUDING LEGISLATIVE AND CONGRES- SIONAL RESOLUTIONS ,. LINCOLN IN FEBRUARY , 1860 At the time of the Cooper Institute Speech.
Abraham Lincoln Marion Mills Miller. FROM PHOTOGRAPH BY BRADY EARLY SPEECHES 1832-1856 INCLUDING LEGISLATIVE AND CONGRES- SIONAL RESOLUTIONS ,. LINCOLN IN FEBRUARY , 1860 At the time of the Cooper Institute Speech.
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... SPEECHES , POLITICAL PAPERS , AND LEGAL NOTES ( March 1 , 1832 , to May 29 , 1856 ) : " I Am Humble Abraham ... Speech Before the Illi- nois Legislature upon a Resolution to Inquire into the Management of the State Bank . In ...
... SPEECHES , POLITICAL PAPERS , AND LEGAL NOTES ( March 1 , 1832 , to May 29 , 1856 ) : " I Am Humble Abraham ... Speech Before the Illi- nois Legislature upon a Resolution to Inquire into the Management of the State Bank . In ...
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... Speech at a Political Discussion in the Hall of Repre- sentatives at Springfield , Ill . , About December 20 , 1839 Plan of Organization for Illinois Whigs in the Harrison Campaign . Circular from Whig State Committee , of which Lincoln ...
... Speech at a Political Discussion in the Hall of Repre- sentatives at Springfield , Ill . , About December 20 , 1839 Plan of Organization for Illinois Whigs in the Harrison Campaign . Circular from Whig State Committee , of which Lincoln ...
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... Speech in the United States House of Representatives . January 12 , 1848 On Bounty Lands for Soldiers . Remarks Made in the United States House of Represent- atives . March 29 , 1848 On Land Grants to States to Aid Internal Improvements ...
... Speech in the United States House of Representatives . January 12 , 1848 On Bounty Lands for Soldiers . Remarks Made in the United States House of Represent- atives . March 29 , 1848 On Land Grants to States to Aid Internal Improvements ...
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... Speech at Peoria , Ill . , in Reply to Senator Douglas . October 16 , 1854 " You Shall Not Go Out of the Union . " Speech Delivered at the First Republican State Convention of Illinois , Held at Bloomington . May 29 , 1856 218 275 ...
... Speech at Peoria , Ill . , in Reply to Senator Douglas . October 16 , 1854 " You Shall Not Go Out of the Union . " Speech Delivered at the First Republican State Convention of Illinois , Held at Bloomington . May 29 , 1856 218 275 ...
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Page 203 - The legitimate object of government is to do for a community of people whatever they need to have done, but cannot do at all, or cannot so well do, for themselves, in their separate and individual capacities.
Page 226 - If the negro is a man, why, then my ancient faith teaches me that 'all men are created equal/ and that there can be no moral right in connection with one man's making a slave of another.
Page 80 - ... .Then said he unto me, prophesy unto the wind, prophesy, Son of man, and say to the wind, thus saith the Lord God; Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe upon these slain, that they may live.
Page 77 - And while the lamp holds out to burn The vilest sinner may return.
Page 183 - Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to compromise whenever you can. Point out to them how the nominal winner is often a real loser — in fees, expenses and waste of time. As a peacemaker, the lawyer has a superior opportunity of being a good man.
Page 248 - That the legislative power of the Territory shall extend to all rightful subjects of legislation consistent with the Constitution of the United States and the provisions of this act...
Page 196 - The cession of that kind of property, for so it is misnamed, is a bagatelle which would not cost me a second thought, if, in that way, a general emancipation and expatriation could be effected ; and, gradually, and with due sacrifices, I think it might be. But as it is, we have the wolf by the ears, and we can neither hold him, nor safely let him go. Justice is in one scale, and self-preservation in the other.
Page 196 - I can say, with conscious truth, that there is not a man on earth who would sacrifice more than I would to relieve us from this heavy reproach, in any practicable way. The cession of that kind of property, for so it is misnamed, is a bagatelle which would not cost me a second thought, if, in that way, a general emancipation and expatriation could be effected, and gradually and with due sacrifice, I think it might be.
Page 269 - This is a world of compensation and he who would be no slave must consent to have no slave. Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves; and under a just God, cannot long retain it.
Page 2 - Upon the subject of education, not presuming to dictate any plan or system respecting it, I can only say that I view it as the most important subject which we, as a people, can be engaged in.