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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... walk to the nearest school - house , a mile and a half from his home . He could read fluently , spell any word in the language ; had some knowledge of geography , and a little of arithmetic ; had read the Bible through from Genesis to ...
... walk to the nearest school - house , a mile and a half from his home . He could read fluently , spell any word in the language ; had some knowledge of geography , and a little of arithmetic ; had read the Bible through from Genesis to ...
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... walk down the road to meet him , bent on having the first read ; and when he had got possession of the precious sheet , he would hurry with it to some secluded place , lie down on the grass , and greedily devour its contents . The paper ...
... walk down the road to meet him , bent on having the first read ; and when he had got possession of the precious sheet , he would hurry with it to some secluded place , lie down on the grass , and greedily devour its contents . The paper ...
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... walking traveler's library , had a considerable collection of books , which he freely lent to Horace . His salute , on meeting the boy , was not ' How do you do , Horace ? ' but ' Well , Horace , what's the capital of Turkey ? ' or ...
... walking traveler's library , had a considerable collection of books , which he freely lent to Horace . His salute , on meeting the boy , was not ' How do you do , Horace ? ' but ' Well , Horace , what's the capital of Turkey ? ' or ...
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... walk . They feed the chickens , they drive the cows , they bring in wood and water , and soon come to perform all those offices which come under the denomination of " chores . " By the time they are eight or nine years old , they fre ...
... walk . They feed the chickens , they drive the cows , they bring in wood and water , and soon come to perform all those offices which come under the denomination of " chores . " By the time they are eight or nine years old , they fre ...
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... walk over the course , keeping lengths ahead of all competitors , with little effort . " He was always , " says one of his Westhaven schoolmates , at the top of the school . He seldom had a teacher that could teach him anything . Once ...
... walk over the course , keeping lengths ahead of all competitors , with little effort . " He was always , " says one of his Westhaven schoolmates , at the top of the school . He seldom had a teacher that could teach him anything . Once ...
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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.