Excerpt from Lincoln and an Urgent World Problem: Fourth Annual Lincoln Lecture, Cooper Union, N. Y. February 12, 1943 Senator Douglas had recently contended that according to the founding fathers, the federal government had no right to con trol slavery in the federal territories. Holding the opposite posi tion, Lincoln set out to document it with a thorough study of the opinions of the founding fathers as preserved in the records of the Constitutional Convention and he labored more carefully than he had in creating any ...
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Excerpt from Lincoln and an Urgent World Problem: Fourth Annual Lincoln Lecture, Cooper Union, N. Y. February 12, 1943 Senator Douglas had recently contended that according to the founding fathers, the federal government had no right to con trol slavery in the federal territories. Holding the opposite posi tion, Lincoln set out to document it with a thorough study of the opinions of the founding fathers as preserved in the records of the Constitutional Convention and he labored more carefully than he had in creating any previous oration. The result was the most learned, close - knit argument of his career. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Very Good. No Jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Signed by Author Warmly inscribed to previous owner by the author on the front free endpaper. The boards are bowed. The gilt lettering is tarnished. Otherwise fine.
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Good. No Dj. pp. 25, bound inred/emobbed buckram, some scarring on back panel, and two small library marks (ink stamp on title page, and a call number in ink on the rear pastedown), from the library of Sir Campbell Stuart, with his armourial bookplate on front pastedown, signed and Stewart with a dedication from the author on the… 8vo. Signed.
