Abraham Lincoln: The True Story of a Great Life, Volumen2D. Appleton, 1892 |
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... force enough to cut its own way and travel a greater distance . " This was said to me when we were alone in our office simply for illustration . It was not said boastingly . As a specimen of Lincoln's method of reasoning I insert here ...
... force enough to cut its own way and travel a greater distance . " This was said to me when we were alone in our office simply for illustration . It was not said boastingly . As a specimen of Lincoln's method of reasoning I insert here ...
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... force of his indomitable will and self - confidence , he gained such ascendency among the lawyers of Illinois . The reader is enabled thereby to understand the philosophy of his growth . But now another field is preparing to claim him ...
... force of his indomitable will and self - confidence , he gained such ascendency among the lawyers of Illinois . The reader is enabled thereby to understand the philosophy of his growth . But now another field is preparing to claim him ...
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... force Lincoln to take issue in another and entirely different matter . * See Lincoln's Speech , Joint Debate , Ottawa , Ills . , Aug. 20 , 1858 . By request of party friends Lincoln was induced to follow THE LIFE OF LINCOLN . 4I.
... force Lincoln to take issue in another and entirely different matter . * See Lincoln's Speech , Joint Debate , Ottawa , Ills . , Aug. 20 , 1858 . By request of party friends Lincoln was induced to follow THE LIFE OF LINCOLN . 4I.
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... force an election before they got through with their programme . We were savagely opposed to Matteson , and so was Mr. Lincoln , who said that if we did not drop in and unite upon Trumbull the five men above - named would go for ...
... force an election before they got through with their programme . We were savagely opposed to Matteson , and so was Mr. Lincoln , who said that if we did not drop in and unite upon Trumbull the five men above - named would go for ...
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... force is crimi- nal and wicked ; and all your feeble attempts will be follies and end in bringing sorrow on your heads and ruin the cause you would freely die to preserve ! " These judicious words of counsel , while they reduced ...
... force is crimi- nal and wicked ; and all your feeble attempts will be follies and end in bringing sorrow on your heads and ruin the cause you would freely die to preserve ! " These judicious words of counsel , while they reduced ...
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Página 78 - 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 270 - 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 109 - 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 79 - 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 176 - Imploring the assistance of Divine Providence, and with due regard to the views and feelings of all who were represented in the convention, to the rights of all the states and territories and people of the nation, to the inviolability of the Constitution and the perpetual union, harmony and prosperity of all, I am most happy to co-operate for the practical success of the principles declared by the convention.
Página 281 - 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 335 - 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 328 - 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.
Página 258 - 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.
Página 282 - And now the martyr is moving in triumphal march, . mightier than when alive. The nation rises up at every stage of his coming. Cities and States are his pallbearers, and the cannon beats the hours with solemn progression. Dead, dead, dead, he yet speaketh.