Men of Out TimesHartford publishing Company, 1868 - 575 pages |
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... position before the public , what Lincoln said : " I stand where I do because some man must stand there , but there are twenty others that might as well have been leaders as myself . " On the whole , we are not ashamed to present to the ...
... position before the public , what Lincoln said : " I stand where I do because some man must stand there , but there are twenty others that might as well have been leaders as myself . " On the whole , we are not ashamed to present to the ...
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... position at the head of one of the most powerful nations of the earth was a sign to all who live by labor , that their day is coming . Lincoln was born to the inheritance of hard work , as truly as the poorest laborer's son that digs in ...
... position at the head of one of the most powerful nations of the earth was a sign to all who live by labor , that their day is coming . Lincoln was born to the inheritance of hard work , as truly as the poorest laborer's son that digs in ...
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... position in his party . The work done was usually of a local character , of course , its most important departments being that of the improvement of internal communi- cation by railroad and canal , and that of education . But even on ...
... position in his party . The work done was usually of a local character , of course , its most important departments being that of the improvement of internal communi- cation by railroad and canal , and that of education . But even on ...
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... position by his own good qualities , in the eight years of his life ending with his thirty- fifth . It was a great achievement for a man no older , and so destitute of outside help . In For four years Mr. Lincoln now remained a hard- 3.
... position by his own good qualities , in the eight years of his life ending with his thirty- fifth . It was a great achievement for a man no older , and so destitute of outside help . In For four years Mr. Lincoln now remained a hard- 3.
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... position as a debater . He declined a re - election ; tried for but did not obtain the commissionership of the Land Office at Washington ; declined appointments as Secretary and as Governor of Oregon Territory ; returned to his home and ...
... position as a debater . He declined a re - election ; tried for but did not obtain the commissionership of the Land Office at Washington ; declined appointments as Secretary and as Governor of Oregon Territory ; returned to his home and ...
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Page 40 - We are now far into the fifth year since a policy was initiated with the avowed object and confident promise of putting an end to slavery agitation. Under the operation of that policy, that agitation has not only not ceased, but has constantly augmented. In my opinion it will not cease until a crisis shall have been reached and passed. 'A house divided against itself cannot stand.
Page 80 - With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right as God gives us to see the right, let us strive...
Page 329 - ... in weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness. Besides those things that are without, that which cometh upon me daily, the care of all the churches. Who is weak, and I am not weak ? who is offended, and I burn not?
Page 68 - 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 292 and that justice will surely prevail by the judgment of this great tribunal of the American people.
Page 68 - The power confided to me will be used to hold, occupy, and possess the property and places belonging to the government...
Page 67 - I trust this will not be regarded as a menace, but only as the declared purpose of the Union that it will constitutionally defend and maintain itself.
Page 41 - If we could first know where we are, and whither we are tending, we could better judge what to do, and how to do it. We are now far into the fifth year since a policy was initiated with the avowed object and confident promise of putting an end to slavery agitation. Under the operation of that policy, that agitation has not only not ceased, but has constantly augmented. In my opinion it will not cease until a crisis shall have been reached and passed.
Page 66 - But I have said nothing but what I am willing to live by, and, if it be the pleasure of Almighty God, to die by.
Page 40 - A house divided against itself cannot stand." 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...
Page 107 - You lay a wreath on murdered LINCOLN'S bier; You, who with mocking pencil wont to trace, Broad for the self-complacent British sneer, His length of shambling limb, his furrowed face, His gaunt, gnarled hands, his unkempt, bristling hair, His garb uncouth, his bearing ill at ease, His lack of all we prize as debonair, Of power or will to shine, of art to please; You, whose smart pen backed up the pencil's laugh, Judging each step as though the way were plain: Reckless, so it could point its paragraph,...