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CONTENTS
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Seward — His "Irrepressible Conflict" Speech (1858) 177
John Brown — His Speech to the Court at His Trial (1859) 186
Garrison — On the Death of John Brown (1859) 189
Yancey — His Speech of Protest in the Charleston Convention (1860) 192
Jefferson Davis — On Withdrawing from the Union (1861) 203
Toombs — On Resigning from the Senate (1861) 211
Lincoln — I The "House Divided Agamst Itself" Speech (1858) 2
II In the First Debate with Douglas (1858) 227
III His Farewell Words m Springfield (1861) 238
IV The First Inaugural Address (1861) . 210
V The Speech at Gettysburg (1863) . . 254
VI The Second Inaugural Address (1865) . 255
Stephen A. Douglas — In the First Debate With Lincoln (1858) 259
