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Strain of Violence: Historical Studies of American Violence and Vigilantism - Page 3
by Richard Maxwell Brown - 1975 - 408 pages
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Abraham Lincoln: Complete Works, Comprising His Speeches, Letters ..., Volume 1

Abraham Lincoln - United States - 1894 - 1080 pages
...freemen we must live through all time, or die by suicide. I hope I am over wary ; but if I am not, there is even now something of ill omen amongst us....furious passions in lieu of the sober judgment of conrts, and the worse than savage mobs for the executive ministers of justice. This disposition is...
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Speeches & Letters of Abraham Lincoln, 1809-1865

Abraham Lincoln - 1894 - 274 pages
...freemen, we must live through all time, or die by suicide. There is even now something of ill omen among us. I mean the increasing disregard for law which...the country ; the growing disposition to substitute wild and furious passions in lieu of the sober judgment of courts ; and the worse than savage mobs...
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Speeches and Letters of Abraham Lincoln, 1832-1865

Abraham Lincoln - 1894 - 270 pages
...freemen, we must live through all time, or die by suicide. There is even now something of ill omen among us. I mean the increasing disregard for law which...the country ; the growing disposition to substitute wild and furious passions in lieu of the sober judgment of courts ; and the worse than savage mobs...
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Speeches & Letters of Abraham Lincoln, 1832-1865, Volume 64

Abraham Lincoln - Presidents - 1894 - 268 pages
...disregard for law which pervades f\\^»?V,, the country ; the growing disposition to substitute wild $of and furious passions in lieu of the sober judgment of courts ; and the worse than savage mohs for the pyprntivp. ministers of justice. This disposition is awfully fearful in any community...
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Abraham Lincoln's Stories and Speeches: Including "Early Life Stories ...

Abraham Lincoln - 1896 - 502 pages
...die by suicide. I hope I am not over-wary; but, if I am not, there is even now something of ill-omen amongst us. I mean the increasing disregard for law which pervades the country, the disposition to substitute the wild and furious passions in lieu of the sober judgment of courts, and...
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Anecdotal Lincoln

Paul Selby - 1900 - 478 pages
...by suicide. "I hope I am not over- wary; but, if I am not, there is even now something of ill-omen amongst us. I mean the increasing disregard for law which pervades the country, the disposition to substitute the wild and furious passions in lieu of the sober judgment of courts, and...
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"Abe" Lincoln's Yarns and Stories: A Complete Collection of the Funny and ...

Alexander Kelly McClure - 1901 - 476 pages
...die by suicide. "I hope I am not over-wary; but, if I am not, there is even now something of ill-omen amongst us. "I mean the increasing disregard for law which pervades the country, the disposition to substitute the wild and furious passions in lieu of the sober judgment of courts, and...
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Letters and Addresses of Abraham Lincoln ...

Abraham Lincoln - United States - 1903 - 460 pages
...of freemen we must live through all time, or die by suicide. I hope I am over wary; but if I am not, there is even now something of ill omen amongst us....the increasing disregard for law which pervades the country—the growing disposition to substitute the wild and furious passions in lieu of the sober...
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The Wisdom of Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln - 1908 - 148 pages
...a flag over Independence Hall, Philadelphia. Feb. 22, 1861. I HOPE I am over-wary; but if I am not, there is even now something of ill omen amongst us....the growing disposition to substitute the wild and curious passions in lieu of the sober judgment of courts, and the worse than savage mobs for the executive...
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Our Inheritance

Zachary Withers - African Americans - 1909 - 114 pages
...free men, we must live through all time or die by suicide. There is even now something of ill-omen amongst us. I mean the increasing disregard for law which pervades the country, the disposition to substitute the wild and furious passions in lieu of sober judgment of the courts and...
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