Eulogy of Abraham Lincoln: Before the General Assembly of Connecticut, at Allyn Hall, Hartford, Thursday, June 8th, 1865 |
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... , that before the month had closed , he had finally resolved to turn upon the inveterate Rebellion the unbridled wrath of War . The hour , when doubt and hesitancy first yielded to the stern command of remorseless duty , must have been 26.
... , that before the month had closed , he had finally resolved to turn upon the inveterate Rebellion the unbridled wrath of War . The hour , when doubt and hesitancy first yielded to the stern command of remorseless duty , must have been 26.
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... finally promulged only five days after Antietam . MR . LINCOLN required that the military urgency upon which it was based , should not only be plausible , but real and imperious , and it is now well understood that if victory had ...
... finally promulged only five days after Antietam . MR . LINCOLN required that the military urgency upon which it was based , should not only be plausible , but real and imperious , and it is now well understood that if victory had ...
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... . What weeks of heart - rending suspense ! But finally , from the Sat- urnalia of death and butchery long rampant in its sombre and haunted recesses , he of the iron will 4 49 from their thunder-riven summits, while down, ...
... . What weeks of heart - rending suspense ! But finally , from the Sat- urnalia of death and butchery long rampant in its sombre and haunted recesses , he of the iron will 4 49 from their thunder-riven summits, while down, ...
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... finally the day is named , the place is appointed , and the parts of the bloody drama all distributed . On the evening of the 14th of April , 1865 , at Ford's theatre in the City of Wash- ington , the trigger of a pistol is pulled by a ...
... finally the day is named , the place is appointed , and the parts of the bloody drama all distributed . On the evening of the 14th of April , 1865 , at Ford's theatre in the City of Wash- ington , the trigger of a pistol is pulled by a ...
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... finally climbed to the lofty table land of UNIVERSAL BROTHER- HOOD , to which it is inevitably destined by the para- mount law of its own development , and shall turn backward its wistful eyes for those who have led its weary pilgrimage ...
... finally climbed to the lofty table land of UNIVERSAL BROTHER- HOOD , to which it is inevitably destined by the para- mount law of its own development , and shall turn backward its wistful eyes for those who have led its weary pilgrimage ...
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Page 31 - And I looked, and behold a pale horse : and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth.
Page 23 - Now. in my view of the present aspect of affairs, there need be no bloodshed or war. There is no necessity for it. I am not in favor of such a course, and I may say, in advance, that there will be no bloodshed unless it be forced upon the Government, and then it will be compelled to act in self-defence.
Page 12 - Duncan is in his grave; After life's fitful fever he sleeps well; Treason has done his worst: nor steel, nor poison, Malice domestic, foreign levy, nothing Can touch him further.
Page 26 - The power confided to me will be used to hold, occupy, and possess the property and places belonging to the Government, and to collect the duties and imposts; but beyond what may be necessary for these objects there will be no invasion, no using of force against or among the people anywhere.
Page 18 - Washington, after witnessing his intercourse with all classes of people, including governors, senators, members of Congress, officers of the army, and familiar friends, I cannot recollect to have heard him relate a circumstance to any one of them all that would have been out of place if uttered in a lady's drawing-room.
Page 49 - And I further declare and make known that such persons, of suitable condition, will be received into the armed service of the United States to garrison forts, positions, stations, and other places, and to man vessels of all sorts in said service. 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.
Page 16 - ... which entitle him to the personal respect of the people. On the only social occasion on which I ever had the honor to be in his company, viz., the Commemoration at Gettysburg, he sat at the table of my friend David Wills, by the side of several distinguished persons, foreigners and Americans; and in gentlemanly appearance, manners and conversation, he was the peer of any man at the table.
Page 18 - I should state, that during the entire period of my stay in Washington, after witnessing his intercourse with nearly all classes of men, embracing governors, senators, members of Congress, officers of the army, and intimate friends, I cannot recollect to have heard him relate a circumstance to any one of them, which would have been out of place uttered in a ladies
Page 58 - His fame will grow brighter and grander as it descends the ages, and posterity will regard him as the incarnation of democracy in its pure childhood, as the embodiment of those ideas of universal emancipation which were the glory of its faithful epoch. ..." When the race shall have finally climbed...
Page 16 - The teeth are white and regular, and it is only when a. smile, radiant, captivating and winning as was ever given to mortal, transfigures the plain countenance, that you begin to realize that it is not impossible for artists to admire and woman to love it.