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... thought of evil . Mr. Lincoln supposed he was receiv- ing a commodity which would be of great value to him in the new regions of Indiana , where distillation had not been at- tempted ; and he doubtless found a ready market for the frac ...
... thought of evil . Mr. Lincoln supposed he was receiv- ing a commodity which would be of great value to him in the new regions of Indiana , where distillation had not been at- tempted ; and he doubtless found a ready market for the frac ...
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... thought of the good Parson Elkin whom they had left in Kentucky ; and Abraham's skill in writing was brought into use in addressing to him a message . His imperfect penmanship had been acquired partly in the schools he had attended ...
... thought of the good Parson Elkin whom they had left in Kentucky ; and Abraham's skill in writing was brought into use in addressing to him a message . His imperfect penmanship had been acquired partly in the schools he had attended ...
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... messages to their friends . In the composition of these letters his early habits of putting the thoughts of others as well as his own into language were formed . The exercise was , indeed , as good 30 LIFE OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN .
... messages to their friends . In the composition of these letters his early habits of putting the thoughts of others as well as his own into language were formed . The exercise was , indeed , as good 30 LIFE OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN .
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... thought in language . Much of his subsequent power as a writer and speaker was undoubt- edly traceable to this early ... thoughts which it excited , as revealed by himself in a speech made to the New Jersey Senate , while on his way to ...
... thought in language . Much of his subsequent power as a writer and speaker was undoubt- edly traceable to this early ... thoughts which it excited , as revealed by himself in a speech made to the New Jersey Senate , while on his way to ...
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... thought about getting home , where he arrived at last , battered , but ready for further service . At the age of nineteen , Abraham made his second essay in navigation , and this time caught something more than a glimpse of the great ...
... thought about getting home , where he arrived at last , battered , but ready for further service . At the age of nineteen , Abraham made his second essay in navigation , and this time caught something more than a glimpse of the great ...
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Page 219 - be slandered from our duty by false accusations against us, nor frightened from it by menaces of destruction to the Government, nor of dungeons to ourselves. Let us have faith that right makes might, and in that faith, let us, to the end, dare to do our duty, as we understand it.
Page 408 - Virginia, and also the counties of Berkely, Accomac, Northampton, Elizabeth City, York, Princess Anne, and Norfolk, including the cities of Norfolk and Portsmouth), and •which exccpted parts are for the present left precisely as if this proclamation were not issued. " And, by virtue of the power and for the purpose aforesaid, I do order and declare that all persons
Page 324 - in such extreme tenderness of the citizen's liberty, that, practically, it relieves more of the guilty than the innocent, should, to a very limited extent, be violated? To state the question more directly: are all the laws but one to go unexecuted, and the government itself go to pieces, lest that one be violated
Page 159 - follow as fast as circumstances should permit. They meant to set up a standard maxim for free society, which should be familiar to all and revered by all ; constantly looked to, constantly labored for, and, even though never perfectly attained, constantly approximated, and thereby constantly spreading and deepening its influence, and augmenting the happiness and value of
Page 403 - Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, 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,
Page 291 - the territories? The Constitution does not expressly say. From questions of this class, spring all our constitutional controversies, and we divide upon them into majorities and minorities. "if the minority will not acquiesce, the majority must, or the government must cease. There is no alternative for continuing the government but acquiescence on
Page 408 - virtue of the power in me vested as Commander-in-Chief of the army and navy of the United States.in time of actual armed rebellion against the authority and government of the United States, and as a fit and necessary war measure for suppressing said rebellion,
Page 423 - Must I shoot a simple-minded soldier-boy, who deserts, while I must not touch a hair of a wily agitator who induces him to desert? I think that, in such a case, to silence the agitator and save the boy, is not only constitutional, but withal a great mercy.
Page 291 - organic law can ever be framed with a provision specifically applicable to every question which may occur in practical administration. No foresight can anticipate, nor any document of reasonable length contain, express provisions for all possible questions. Shall fugitives from labor be surrendered by national or by state authorities ? The Constitution
Page 292 - wall between them. A husband and wile may be divorced, and go out of the presence and beyond the reach of each other, but the different parts of our country cannot do this. They can not but remain face to face ; and intercourse,