The American Treasury, 1455-1955Clifton Fadiman Harper, 1955 - 1108 pages Anthology of quotations by Americans, or about America, classified by subject. |
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Page 132
... Lincoln is said ( by his law partner , Herndon ) to have marked it in his copy . As I would not be a slave , so I would not be a master . Whatever differs from this , to the extent of the difference , is no democracy . ABRAHAM LINCOLN ...
... Lincoln is said ( by his law partner , Herndon ) to have marked it in his copy . As I would not be a slave , so I would not be a master . Whatever differs from this , to the extent of the difference , is no democracy . ABRAHAM LINCOLN ...
Page 379
... ABRAHAM LINCOLN , speech , Chicago , July 10 , 1858 In the right to eat the bread which his own hand earns , he [ the Negro ] is my equal and the equal of Judge Douglas , and the equal of every living man . ABRAHAM LINCOLN , Lincoln ...
... ABRAHAM LINCOLN , speech , Chicago , July 10 , 1858 In the right to eat the bread which his own hand earns , he [ the Negro ] is my equal and the equal of Judge Douglas , and the equal of every living man . ABRAHAM LINCOLN , Lincoln ...
Page 391
... ABRAHAM LINCOLN , of McClellan's Army My dear McClellan : If you don't want to use the Army I should like to borrow it for a while . Yours respectfully , A. Lincoln . ABRAHAM LINCOLN , unsent letter protesting against Mc- Clellan's ...
... ABRAHAM LINCOLN , of McClellan's Army My dear McClellan : If you don't want to use the Army I should like to borrow it for a while . Yours respectfully , A. Lincoln . ABRAHAM LINCOLN , unsent letter protesting against Mc- Clellan's ...
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IN PARTICULAR | 32 |
THINKING CONTINENTALLY | 65 |
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