Abraham Lincoln: The True Story of a Great Life, Volumen2D. Appleton, 1892 |
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... tion . - Lincoln nominated Senator . - The " house - divided- against - itself " speech . - Reading it to his friends . — Their comments and complaints . - Douglas's first speech in Chicago . The joint canvass . — Lincoln and Douglas ...
... tion . - Lincoln nominated Senator . - The " house - divided- against - itself " speech . - Reading it to his friends . — Their comments and complaints . - Douglas's first speech in Chicago . The joint canvass . — Lincoln and Douglas ...
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... tion . - Lincoln withstands the pressure . - Calling the Cabinet together and reading the decree . The letter to the " Uncon- ditional Union " men . - The campaign of 1864. - Lincoln and Andrew Johnson nominated and elected . - The ...
... tion . - Lincoln withstands the pressure . - Calling the Cabinet together and reading the decree . The letter to the " Uncon- ditional Union " men . - The campaign of 1864. - Lincoln and Andrew Johnson nominated and elected . - The ...
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... tion . The man for the hour . - • PAGES 292-320 APPENDIX . Unpublished Family Letters An Incident on the Circuit Lincoln's Fellow Lawyers • • · The Truce with Douglas . - Testimony of Irwin The Bloomington Convention • An Office ...
... tion . The man for the hour . - • PAGES 292-320 APPENDIX . Unpublished Family Letters An Incident on the Circuit Lincoln's Fellow Lawyers • • · The Truce with Douglas . - Testimony of Irwin The Bloomington Convention • An Office ...
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... tion , he was rather abrupt , and in his anxiety to say something apt or to illustrate the subject under discussion , would burst in with a story . In our office I have known him to consume the whole fore- noon relating stories . If a ...
... tion , he was rather abrupt , and in his anxiety to say something apt or to illustrate the subject under discussion , would burst in with a story . In our office I have known him to consume the whole fore- noon relating stories . If a ...
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... tion of a fee which he had withheld from the widow of a revolutionary soldier . The entire pension was $ 400 , of which sum the agent had retained one - half . The pensioner , an old woman crippled and bent with age , came hobbling into ...
... tion of a fee which he had withheld from the widow of a revolutionary soldier . The entire pension was $ 400 , of which sum the agent had retained one - half . The pensioner , an old woman crippled and bent with age , came hobbling into ...
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Página 266 - With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right as God gives us to see the right, let us finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation's wounds, to care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow and his orphans, to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and a lasting peace among ourselves and with all nations.
Página 107 - Can the people of a United States Territory, in any lawful way, against the wish of any citizen of the United States, exclude slavery from its limits prior to the formation of a State constitution?
Página 331 - tis the draught of a breath, From the blossom of health to the paleness of death ; From the gilded saloon to the bier and the shroud : — Oh ! why should the spirit of mortal be proud ? Oh ! why should the spirit of mortal be proud?
Página 324 - Good name in man and woman, dear my lord, Is the immediate jewel of their souls : Who steals my purse, steals trash ; 'tis something, nothing ; 'Twas mine, 'tis his, and has been slave to thousands : But he that filches from me my good name Robs me of that which not enriches him, And makes me poor indeed, Oth.
Página 76 - I believe this Government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free. I do not expect the Union to be dissolved, I do not expect the house to fall, but I do expect it will cease to be divided. It will become all one thing, or all the other. Either the opponents of slavery will arrest the further spread of it, and place it where the public mind shall rest in the belief that it is in the course of ultimate extinction; or its advocates will push it forward till it shall become alike lawful in...
Página 77 - That is the real issue. That is the issue that will continue in this country when these poor tongues of Judge Douglas and myself shall be silent. It is the eternal struggle between these two principles — right and wrong — throughout the world.
Página 261 - And then there will be some black men who can remember that with silent tongue, and clenched teeth, and steady eye, and well-poised bayonet, they have helped mankind on to this great consummation, while I fear there will be some white ones unable to forget that with malignant heart and deceitful speech they strove to hinder it.
Página 260 - The signs look better. The Father of Waters again goes unvexed to the sea. Thanks to the great Northwest for it ; nor yet wholly to them. Three hundred miles up they met New England, Empire, Keystone, and Jersey, hewing their way right and left. The sunny South, too, in more colors than one, also lent a helping hand.
Página 278 - But if this country cannot be saved without giving up that principle, I was about to say I would rather be assassinated on this spot than surrender it.
Página 254 - And upon this act, sincerely believed to be an act of justice warranted by the Constitution upon military necessity, I invoke the considerate judgment of mankind and the gracious favor of Almighty God.