Masterpieces of Eloquence: Famous Orations of Great World Leaders from Early Greece to the Present Time, Volume 16P. F. Collier & Son, 1905 |
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Page 6561
... House of Representatives . In 1854 , Lincoln , who hitherto had been a member of the Whig party , took an energetic part in the slavery agitation , and joined the Re- publican party when it was organized in 1856. In 1858 he contested in ...
... House of Representatives . In 1854 , Lincoln , who hitherto had been a member of the Whig party , took an energetic part in the slavery agitation , and joined the Re- publican party when it was organized in 1856. In 1858 he contested in ...
Page 6562
... house divided against itself cannot stand . " I believe this government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free . I do not expect the Union to be dis- solved ; I do not expect the house to fall ; but I do expect that it will ...
... house divided against itself cannot stand . " I believe this government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free . I do not expect the Union to be dis- solved ; I do not expect the house to fall ; but I do expect that it will ...
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... house or a mill , all the tenons and mortices exactly fitting , and all the lengths and proportions of the different pieces exactly adapted to their respective places , and not a piece too many or too few - not omitting even scaffolding ...
... house or a mill , all the tenons and mortices exactly fitting , and all the lengths and proportions of the different pieces exactly adapted to their respective places , and not a piece too many or too few - not omitting even scaffolding ...
Page 6591
... house up at the head of a hollow . And so I think my friend , the judge , is equally at fault when he charges me at the time when I was in Congress of having opposed our sol- diers who were fighting in the Mexican war . The judge did ...
... house up at the head of a hollow . And so I think my friend , the judge , is equally at fault when he charges me at the time when I was in Congress of having opposed our sol- diers who were fighting in the Mexican war . The judge did ...
Page 6592
... house divided against itself cannot stand . " Does the judge say it can stand ? I don't know whether he does or not . The judge does not seem to be attending to me just now , but I would like to know if it is his opinion that a house ...
... house divided against itself cannot stand . " Does the judge say it can stand ? I don't know whether he does or not . The judge does not seem to be attending to me just now , but I would like to know if it is his opinion that a house ...
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