The Life of Horace Greeley: Editor of "The New-York Tribune", from His Birth to the Present TimeJ.R. Osgood and Company, 1872 - 548 pages |
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... never known to injure the " side " on which he was chosen by missing a word , and it soon became a prime object at the spelling - school to get the first choice , because that enabled the lucky side to secure the powerful aid of Horace ...
... never known to injure the " side " on which he was chosen by missing a word , and it soon became a prime object at the spelling - school to get the first choice , because that enabled the lucky side to secure the powerful aid of Horace ...
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... never afraid of the dark , could not be frightened by ghost - stories , never was abashed in speaking or reciting , was not to be overawed by supposed superiority of knowledge or rank , would talk up to the teacher and question his ...
... never afraid of the dark , could not be frightened by ghost - stories , never was abashed in speaking or reciting , was not to be overawed by supposed superiority of knowledge or rank , would talk up to the teacher and question his ...
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... never distracting his own attention , or that of the fish , by convers- ing with his companions . The consequence was that he would often catch more than all the rest of the party put together . Shoot ing was the favorite amusement of ...
... never distracting his own attention , or that of the fish , by convers- ing with his companions . The consequence was that he would often catch more than all the rest of the party put together . Shoot ing was the favorite amusement of ...
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... never empty . In his cellar the cider never was out . And so , by losses which he could not help , by practices which had not yet been discovered to be unnecessary , his affairs became disordered , and he began descend the easy steep ...
... never empty . In his cellar the cider never was out . And so , by losses which he could not help , by practices which had not yet been discovered to be unnecessary , his affairs became disordered , and he began descend the easy steep ...
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... never flagged . Her voice rose in song and laughter from the tangled brush - wood in which she was often bur- ied ; and no word , discordant or unkind , was ever known to break the perfect harmony , to interrupt the perfect good humor ...
... never flagged . Her voice rose in song and laughter from the tangled brush - wood in which she was often bur- ied ; and no word , discordant or unkind , was ever known to break the perfect harmony , to interrupt the perfect good humor ...
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Page 464 - What I do about slavery and the colored race, I do because I believe it helps to save the Union; and what I forbear, I forbear because I do not believe it would help to save the Union. I shall do less whenever I shall believe what I am doing hurts the cause, and I shall do more whenever I shall believe doing more will help the cause.
Page 464 - seem to be pursuing,' as you say, I have not meant to leave any one in doubt. I would save the Union. I would save it the shortest way under the Constitution. The sooner the national authority can be restored, the nearer the Union will be
Page 233 - And all that believed were together, and had all things common, and sold their possessions and goods, and parted them to all men, as every man had need...
Page 464 - If I could save the Union without freeing any slave, I would do it; and if I could do it by freeing all the slaves, I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing some and leaving others alone, I would also do that.
Page 129 - I AM the Lord thy God, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt, and out of the house of bondage.
Page 15 - And still they gazed, and still the wonder grew, That one small head should carry all he knew.
Page 539 - Local self-government, with impartial suffrage, will guard the rights of all citizens more securely than any centralized power. The public welfare requires the supremacy of the civil over the military authority, and freedom of person under the protection of the habeas corpus. We demand for the individual the largest liberty consistent with public order; for the State, self-government, and for the nation a return to the methods of peace and the constitutional limitations of power.
Page 473 - To whom it may concern: Any proposition which embraces the restoration of peace, the integrity of the whole Union, and the abandonment of slavery, and which comes by and with an authority that can control the armies now at war against the United States, will be received and considered by the Executive government of the United States, and will be met by liberal terms on other substantial and collateral points, and the bearer or bearers thereof shall have safe conduct both ways. ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
Page 464 - I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing all the slaves, I would do it; and if I could do it by freeing some and leaving others alone, I would also do that. What I do about slavery and the colored race, I do because I believe it helps to save the Union; and what I forbear, I forbear because I do not believe it would help to save the Union.
Page 198 - Yes, I have a pair of eyes," replied Sam, "and that's just it. If they wos a pair o' patent double million magnifyin' gas microscopes of hextra power, p'raps I might be able to see through a flight o' stairs and a deal door ; but bein' only eyes, you see, my wision's limited.