More from Abraham Lincoln

  1. That some should be rich, shows that others may become rich, and hence is just encouragement to industry and enterprise. Let not him who is…
  2. In regard to this Great Book, I have but to say, it is the best gift God has given to man. All the good the Saviour gave to the world was c…
  3. We have been the recipients of the choicest bounties of Heaven. We have been preserved, these many years, in peace and prosperity. We have …
  4. Dear Madam, I have been shown in the files of the War Department a statement of the Adjutant-General of Massachusetts, that you are the mot…
  5. And by virtue of the power, and for the purpose aforesaid, I do order and declare that all persons held as slaves within said designated St…
  6. I have always thought that all men should be free; but if any should be slaves, it should be first those who desire it for themselves, and …
  7. Whereas, on the twenty-second day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-two, a proclamation was issued…
  8. I propose now closing up by requesting you play a certain piece of music or a tune. I thought 'Dixie' one of the best tunes I ever heard...…

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