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Page 325 - ... all men are created equal; and are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights; and that among these are, life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness...
Page 328 - My paramount object is to save the Union, and not either to save or destroy slavery. If I could save the Union without freeing any slaves, I would do it — if I could save it by freeing all the slaves, I would do it — and if I could do it by freeing some and leaving others alone, I would also do that.
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Page 230 - Caesar had his Brutus — Charles the "First had his Cromwell — -and George the Third
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Barnes's Elementary History of the United States Told in Biographies |
| Author | James Baldwin |
| Publisher | American Book Company, 1908 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 14 Mar 2007 |
| Length | 360 pages |
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