Life of Abraham Lincoln: Presenting His Early History, Political Career, and Speeches in and Out of Congress; Also, a General View of His Policy as President of the United States; with His Messages, Proclamations, Letters, Etc., and a History of His Eventful Administration, and of the Scenes Attendant Upon His Tragic and Lamented Demise |
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... less skilled . A vigorous constitution , and a cheerful , unrepining disposi- tion , made all his labors comparatively light . To such a one , this sort of life has in it much of pleasant excitement to com- pensate for its hardships ...
... less skilled . A vigorous constitution , and a cheerful , unrepining disposi- tion , made all his labors comparatively light . To such a one , this sort of life has in it much of pleasant excitement to com- pensate for its hardships ...
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... less than since , Abraham Lincoln had an honor- able conscientiousness , integrity , industry , and an ardent love of knowledge . The town on the Ohio river , nearest his home , was Troy , the capital of Perry county down to the date of ...
... less than since , Abraham Lincoln had an honor- able conscientiousness , integrity , industry , and an ardent love of knowledge . The town on the Ohio river , nearest his home , was Troy , the capital of Perry county down to the date of ...
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... less than twelve years old , and a son two years younger , of whose future distinction , even with a mother's fondness , she probably had but an indefinite hope . A grave was made for her— " Where the wind of the West breathes its ...
... less than twelve years old , and a son two years younger , of whose future distinction , even with a mother's fondness , she probably had but an indefinite hope . A grave was made for her— " Where the wind of the West breathes its ...
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... less than in his physical proportions , one not to be forgotten or unappreciated by those who knew him . Many reminiscences of those days of his hardy endeavor and rough experience linger in the minds of the plain , earnest people among ...
... less than in his physical proportions , one not to be forgotten or unappreciated by those who knew him . Many reminiscences of those days of his hardy endeavor and rough experience linger in the minds of the plain , earnest people among ...
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... less dig- nified than it really was - that Mr. Douglas tauntingly alluded , in one of his speeches during the canvass of 1858 , as " keep- ing a grocery . " In his reply , Mr. Lincoln declared his adversary to be " woefully at fault ...
... less dig- nified than it really was - that Mr. Douglas tauntingly alluded , in one of his speeches during the canvass of 1858 , as " keep- ing a grocery . " In his reply , Mr. Lincoln declared his adversary to be " woefully at fault ...
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Page 758 - If we shall suppose that American Slavery is one of those offenses which, in the providence of God, must needs come, but which, having continued through His appointed time, He now wills to remove, and that He gives to both North and South, this terrible war, as the woe due to those by whom the offence came, shall we discern therein any departure from those divine attributes which the believers in a Living God always ascribe to Him?
Page 211 - I shall have the most solemn one to "preserve, protect, and defend it." I am loath to close. We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained, it must not break our bonds of affection. The mystic chords of memory, stretching from every battlefield and patriot grave to every living heart and hearthstone all over this broad land, will yet swell the chorus of the Union when again touched, as surely they will be, by the better angels of our nature.
Page 204 - Resolved, that the maintenance inviolate of the rights of the States, and especially the right of each State to order and control its own domestic institutions according to its own judgment exclusively, is essential to that balance of power on which the perfection and endurance of our political fabric depends ; and we denounce the lawless invasion by armed force of the soil of any State or territory, no matter under what pretext, as among the gravest of crimes.
Page 146 - Measures, is hereby declared inoperative and void : it being the true intent and meaning of this act, not to legislate slavery into any territory or state, nor to exclude it therefrom, but to leave the people thereof perfectly free to form and regulate their domestic institutions in their own way, subject only to the constitution of the United States...
Page 206 - The power confided to me will be used to hold, occupy, and possess the property and places belonging to the government, and to collect the duties and imposts ; but, beyond what may be necessary for these objects, there will be no invasion, no using of force against or among the people anywhere.
Page 414 - I would do it; and 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. What I do about slavery, and the colored race, I do because I believe it helps to save the Union; and what I forbear, I forbear because I do not believe it would help to save the Union.
Page 758 - South this terrible war, as the woe due to those by whom the offense came, shall we discern therein any departure from those divine attributes which the believers in a living God always ascribe to Him? Fondly do we hope, fervently do we pray, that this mighty scourge of war may speedily pass away. Yet, if God wills that it continue until all the wealth piled by the...
Page 219 - Our new Government is founded upon exactly the opposite ideas; its foundations are laid, its corner-stone rests upon, the great truth that the negro is not equal to the white man; that slavery, subordination to the superior race, is his natural and normal condition.
Page 578 - People, that, after four years of failure to restore the Union by the experiment of war, during which, under the pretense of a military necessity of a war power higher than the Constitution, the Constitution itself has been disregarded in every part, and public liberty and private right alike trodden down, and the material prosperity of the country essentially impaired, justice, humanity, liberty, and the public welfare, demand that immediate efforts be made for a cessation of hostilities...
Page 832 - DEAR MADAM : I have been shown in the files of the War Department a statement of the Adjutant-General of Massachusetts that you are the mother of five sons who have died gloriously on the field of battle. I feel how weak and fruitless must be any words of mine which should attempt to beguile you from the grief of a loss so overwhelming.