Why We Love LincolnOuting Publishing Company, 1909 - 168 pages |
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... soul . In a few words he announced that he had decided to emancipate the slaves by procla- mation , and explained his reasons . Look- ing earnestly into the faces of his advisers , he informed them that he had left the decision to God ...
... soul . In a few words he announced that he had decided to emancipate the slaves by procla- mation , and explained his reasons . Look- ing earnestly into the faces of his advisers , he informed them that he had left the decision to God ...
Page 153
... soul was in his eyes . There was peace in his face . " He remarked , " wrote Secretary Welles that night , " that he had made a vow - a cov- enant - that if God gave us the victory in the approaching battle [ Antietam ] he would con ...
... soul was in his eyes . There was peace in his face . " He remarked , " wrote Secretary Welles that night , " that he had made a vow - a cov- enant - that if God gave us the victory in the approaching battle [ Antietam ] he would con ...
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James Creelman. was his soul from bitterness toward the South . The climax came in his second inaugural speech , when a million soldiers were executing his orders in the field . It was the last , supreme outpouring of his great and gentle ...
James Creelman. was his soul from bitterness toward the South . The climax came in his second inaugural speech , when a million soldiers were executing his orders in the field . It was the last , supreme outpouring of his great and gentle ...
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