Lincoln, the Greatest Man of the Nineteenth CenturyMacmillan, 1922 - 77 pages |
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... North . The European bankers were hesi- tating over our bonds and the European governments , many of them , were on the very edge of acknowledging the Southern Confederacy as a sovereign nation . There seemed to be an ill - disguised ...
... North . The European bankers were hesi- tating over our bonds and the European governments , many of them , were on the very edge of acknowledging the Southern Confederacy as a sovereign nation . There seemed to be an ill - disguised ...
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... North a pow- erful , influential section of the people who were thoroughly despondent . They were tired of the debate and the struggle over slavery and states ' rights . They said , “ If those southern states do not want to stay in the ...
... North a pow- erful , influential section of the people who were thoroughly despondent . They were tired of the debate and the struggle over slavery and states ' rights . They said , “ If those southern states do not want to stay in the ...
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... North , and the armed rebellion at the South - they present a combination of difficulties sufficiently grave to test the title to greatness of any man who might be called upon to meet them . Now , with those facts clearly in mind , let ...
... North , and the armed rebellion at the South - they present a combination of difficulties sufficiently grave to test the title to greatness of any man who might be called upon to meet them . Now , with those facts clearly in mind , let ...
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... North and South , loyal and rebellious , bond and free . He was their President and he was there to serve their interests as best he might . He was roundly scolded for taking this broad view of the matter by the extrem- ists of both ...
... North and South , loyal and rebellious , bond and free . He was their President and he was there to serve their interests as best he might . He was roundly scolded for taking this broad view of the matter by the extrem- ists of both ...
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... North . The old farmer out here at the Four Cor- ners did not know exactly what he did think about things until he got his " weekly Trybune , " as he called it , and sat down to read what Horace Greeley had to say about it all . Lincoln ...
... North . The old farmer out here at the Four Cor- ners did not know exactly what he did think about things until he got his " weekly Trybune , " as he called it , and sat down to read what Horace Greeley had to say about it all . Lincoln ...
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