Abraham Lincoln: The True Story of a Great Life, Volumen2D. Appleton, 1892 |
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... of Edmund Burke . - His scientific notions . - Writing the book against Christianity . - Recollections of Lincoln's views by old friends . - Statement of Mrs. Lincoln . 133-156 CHAPTER VI . Effect of the canvass of 1858 on iv CONTENTS .
... of Edmund Burke . - His scientific notions . - Writing the book against Christianity . - Recollections of Lincoln's views by old friends . - Statement of Mrs. Lincoln . 133-156 CHAPTER VI . Effect of the canvass of 1858 on iv CONTENTS .
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... writing his second Inaugural ad- dress , he endorsed the idea . Clothing it in the most beautiful language , he says : " Yet if God wills that it [ the war ] continue till all the wealth piled by the bondsman's two hundred and fifty ...
... writing his second Inaugural ad- dress , he endorsed the idea . Clothing it in the most beautiful language , he says : " Yet if God wills that it [ the war ] continue till all the wealth piled by the bondsman's two hundred and fifty ...
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... write out matter for publication , but I believe I availed myself of the privilege oftener than he . The editorial in the issue containing the speeches of Lincoln and Douglas on this occasion was my 36 THE LIFE OF LINCOLN .
... write out matter for publication , but I believe I availed myself of the privilege oftener than he . The editorial in the issue containing the speeches of Lincoln and Douglas on this occasion was my 36 THE LIFE OF LINCOLN .
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... writing it may not be inappropriate to relate that Lincoln and I both kept on furnishing political matter of many varieties for the Springfield Journal until 1860. Many of the editorials that I wrote were intended directly or indirectly ...
... writing it may not be inappropriate to relate that Lincoln and I both kept on furnishing political matter of many varieties for the Springfield Journal until 1860. Many of the editorials that I wrote were intended directly or indirectly ...
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... writes : " I have suc- ceeded in finding an old file of our Princeton papers , from which I learn that Mr. Douglas spoke here on Wednesday , Oct. 18 , 1854 . This fixes the date . I recollect that he staid at Tiskilwa , six miles south ...
... writes : " I have suc- ceeded in finding an old file of our Princeton papers , from which I learn that Mr. Douglas spoke here on Wednesday , Oct. 18 , 1854 . This fixes the date . I recollect that he staid at Tiskilwa , six miles south ...
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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.