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... proper place , but they shrivel at the touch of nature like stubble in the fire . The genius that sways a nation by its arbitrary will seems less august to us than that which multiplies and reinforces itself in the instincts and ...
... proper place , but they shrivel at the touch of nature like stubble in the fire . The genius that sways a nation by its arbitrary will seems less august to us than that which multiplies and reinforces itself in the instincts and ...
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... proper enough for the private citizen to press his own convictions with all possible force of argument and persuasion ; but the popular magistrate , whose judgment must be come action , and whose action involves the whole country , is ...
... proper enough for the private citizen to press his own convictions with all possible force of argument and persuasion ; but the popular magistrate , whose judgment must be come action , and whose action involves the whole country , is ...
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... proper that we should do this . But in a larger sense we can- not dedicate , we cannot consecrate , we cannot hallow this ground . The brave men , living and dead , who struggled here , have consecrated it far above our poor power to ...
... proper that we should do this . But in a larger sense we can- not dedicate , we cannot consecrate , we cannot hallow this ground . The brave men , living and dead , who struggled here , have consecrated it far above our poor power to ...
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... proper place . He wrote full , sonorous English , Mr. Lincoln terse , nervous , di- rect speech , and the contrast between the two is very striking . FELLOW - CITIZENS OF THE UNITED STATES : In compliance with a custom as old as the ...
... proper place . He wrote full , sonorous English , Mr. Lincoln terse , nervous , di- rect speech , and the contrast between the two is very striking . FELLOW - CITIZENS OF THE UNITED STATES : In compliance with a custom as old as the ...
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... proper to be enforced , I do suggest that it will be much safer for all , both in official and private stations , to conform to and abide by all those acts which stand unrepealed , than to violate any of them trusting to find impunity ...
... proper to be enforced , I do suggest that it will be much safer for all , both in official and private stations , to conform to and abide by all those acts which stand unrepealed , than to violate any of them trusting to find impunity ...
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Page 41 - Eesolved, 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...
Page 59 - ... that on the first day of january in the year of our lord one thousand eight hundred and sixtythree all persons held as slaves within any state or designated part of a state the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the united states shall be then thenceforward and forever free and the executive government of the united states including the military and naval authority thereof will recognize and maintain the freedom of such persons and will do no act or acts to repress such persons...
Page 81 - Now, my friends, can this country be saved upon that basis? If it can, I will consider myself one of the happiest men in the world if I can help to save it. If it cannot be saved upon that principle, it will be truly awful. 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 Now, in my view of the present aspect of affairs, there need be no bloodshed or war.
Page 89 - My Captain does not answer, his lips are pale and still; My father does not feel my arm, he has no pulse nor will...
Page 79 - 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 bondman's two hundred and fifty years of unrequited toil shall be sunk, and until every drop of blood drawn with the lash shall be paid by another drawn with the sword, as was said three thousand years ago, so still it must be said, '"The judgments of the Lord are true and righteous altogether.
Page 89 - Captain! My Captain! rise up and hear the bells; Rise up - for you the flag is flung - for you the bugle trills, For you bouquets and...
Page 51 - If the Almighty Ruler of Nations, with his eternal truth and justice, be on your side of the North, or on yours of the South, that truth and that justice will surely prevail by the judgment of this great tribunal of the American people.
Page 89 - O Captain! My Captain! O CAPTAIN! my Captain! our fearful trip is done, The ship has weather'd every rack, the prize we sought is won, The port is near, the bells I hear, the people all exulting, While follow eyes the steady keel, the vessel grim and daring; But O heart! heart! heart! O the bleeding drops of red, Where on the deck my Captain lies, Fallen cold and dead. O Captain! my Captain!
Page 77 - At this second appearing to take the oath of the Presidential office, there is less occasion for an extended address than there was at the first. Then a statement somewhat in detail of a course to be pursued seemed very fitting and proper. Now, at the expiration of four years, during which public declarations have been constantly called forth on every point and phase of the great contest which still absorbs the attention and engrosses the energies of the nation, little that is new could be presented.
Page 50 - Can aliens make treaties easier than friends can make laws? Can treaties be more faithfully enforced between aliens than laws can among friends? Suppose you go to war, you cannot fight always; and when, after much loss on both sides, and no gain on either, you cease fighting, the identical old questions as to terms of intercourse are again upon you.