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 DemiseLommis National Library Association, 1888 - 842 pages Written in 1864 by a political contemporary, this is a work of nineteenth-century American biographic literature. It contains Lincoln's most masterful speeches and writings, along with a contemporary history of the Civil War. |
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... exciting adventure , impelling him to this decision . With him , were * The number is uncertain , but the main fact rests on the best Authority . also employed , his former fellow - laborer , John 34 LIFE OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN .
... exciting adventure , impelling him to this decision . With him , were * The number is uncertain , but the main fact rests on the best Authority . also employed , his former fellow - laborer , John 34 LIFE OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN .
Page 83
... authority of Texas or of the United States , and that there , and thereby , the first blood of the war was shed , there is not one word in all the President has said which would either admit or deny the declaration . In this strange ...
... authority of Texas or of the United States , and that there , and thereby , the first blood of the war was shed , there is not one word in all the President has said which would either admit or deny the declaration . In this strange ...
Page 84
... authority of Texas , or of the United States , and that the same is true of the site of Fort Brown - then I am with him for his justifica- ticn . In that case , I shall be most happy to reverse the vote I gave the other day . I have a ...
... authority of Texas , or of the United States , and that the same is true of the site of Fort Brown - then I am with him for his justifica- ticn . In that case , I shall be most happy to reverse the vote I gave the other day . I have a ...
Page 91
... authority as by the national authority . So that we must abandon the improvements of the country altogether , by any and every authority , or we may resist and repudiate the doctrines 1 LIFE OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN . 91.
... authority as by the national authority . So that we must abandon the improvements of the country altogether , by any and every authority , or we may resist and repudiate the doctrines 1 LIFE OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN . 91.
Page 92
... authority , or we may resist and repudiate the doctrines of this message . Let us attempt the latter . The first position is , that a system of internal improvement would overwhelm the treasury . That , in such a system , there is a ...
... authority , or we may resist and repudiate the doctrines of this message . Let us attempt the latter . The first position is , that a system of internal improvement would overwhelm the treasury . That , in such a system , there is a ...
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