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Page 14 - ... not known or used by others in this country before his invention or discovery thereof, and not patented or described in any printed publication in this or any foreign country before his invention or discovery thereof...
Page 10 - If I could save the Union without freeing any slave, I would do it; if I could save it by freeing all the slaves, I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing some and leaving others alone, I would also do that.
Page 10 - I repeat the declaration made a year ago, that "while I remain in my present position I shall not attempt to retract or modify the Emancipation Proclamation, nor shall I return to slavery any person who is free by the terms of that proclamation, or by any of the acts of Congress.
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| Title | A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents, Volume 20 A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents, United States. Congress. Joint Committee on Printing |
| Author | United States. President |
| Editor | James Daniel Richardson |
| Compiled by | James Daniel Richardson |
| Contributor | United States. Congress. Joint Committee on Printing |
| Publisher | Bureau of National Literature, Incorporated, 1922 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 15 Oct 2007 |
| Length | 7116 pages |
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