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The Emancipation Proclamation

By the President of the United States of America:A PROCLAMATION    Whereas on the 22nd day of September, A.D. 1862, a proclamation was issued by the President of the United States, containing, among other things, the following, to wit:    "That on...

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The Emancipation Proclamation

By the President of the United States of America:A PROCLAMATION    Whereas on the 22nd day of September, A.D. 1862, a proclamation was issued by the President of the United States, containing, among other things, the following, to wit:    "That on...

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The Translators to the Reader

THE TRANSLATORS TO THE READERPreface to the King James Version 1611Thesis by EDGAR J. GOODSPEEDTHE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO PRESSCHICAGO - ILLINOISNo book means so much to religion as the Bible. In all its forms it has greatly served religion, and in...

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The Translators to the Reader

THE TRANSLATORS TO THE READERPreface to the King James Version 1611Thesis by EDGAR J. GOODSPEEDTHE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO PRESSCHICAGO - ILLINOISNo book means so much to religion as the Bible. In all its forms it has greatly served religion, and in...

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Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address

Lincoln's Second Inaugural AddressMarch 4, 1865Fellow countrymen: At this second appearing to take the oath of the presidential office, there is less occasion for an extended address than there was at the first. Then a statement, somewhat in...

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Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address

Four score and seven years ago, our fathers brought forth upon this continent a new nation: conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.Now we are engaged in a great civil war. . .testing whether that...

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Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address

Four score and seven years ago, our fathers brought forth upon this continent a new nation: conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.Now we are engaged in a great civil war. . .testing whether that...

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