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Letter to William H. Herndon

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Grant that he desires the elective franchise, will he not attain it sooner by saving the already advanced steps towards it, than by running backward over them?

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If the end brings me out all right, what is said against me won't amount to anything.

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Provost-marshals and marshals of the United States will arrest and commit to military custody all such offenders as shall disregard this order, whether they have passports or not, and they will be detained in such custody until the end of…

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Whenever I hear any one arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally.

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