Abraham Lincoln: His Life and Public ServicesB. B. Russell, 1865 - 216 pages |
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... forces in Nature whose origin and in- fluence we cannot fully explain , while yet we are com- pelled to acknowledge their existence ; so , though we may not comprehend how prayer accomplishes its di- vinely appointed ends , yet it is ...
... forces in Nature whose origin and in- fluence we cannot fully explain , while yet we are com- pelled to acknowledge their existence ; so , though we may not comprehend how prayer accomplishes its di- vinely appointed ends , yet it is ...
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... the world . He who is driven aloft by the force of circumstances becomes the noblest soul and the mighti- * Rev. Augustine Caldwell . est power . Call we a humble home , a 33 CHAPTER III PREPARATION FOR HIS WORK 33333.
... the world . He who is driven aloft by the force of circumstances becomes the noblest soul and the mighti- * Rev. Augustine Caldwell . est power . Call we a humble home , a 33 CHAPTER III PREPARATION FOR HIS WORK 33333.
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... force , humor , energy , and eloquence of his addresses . Thus thrown again into active politics , he was elected to Congress in 1846 , from the Central Dis- trict of Illinois , by a majority of fifteen hundred , being the only Whig ...
... force , humor , energy , and eloquence of his addresses . Thus thrown again into active politics , he was elected to Congress in 1846 , from the Central Dis- trict of Illinois , by a majority of fifteen hundred , being the only Whig ...
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... force in his conclusions , which were perfectly irresistible . The vast throng were silent as death : every eye was fixed upon the speaker , and all gave him serious atten- tion . He was the tall man eloquent : his countenance glowed ...
... force in his conclusions , which were perfectly irresistible . The vast throng were silent as death : every eye was fixed upon the speaker , and all gave him serious atten- tion . He was the tall man eloquent : his countenance glowed ...
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... force of more than two thousand men , were on parade . Georgetown sent companies of cavalry , infantry , and ar- tillery , of fine appearance . The troops stationed at the City Hall and Willard's Hotel became objects of attrac- tion to ...
... force of more than two thousand men , were on parade . Georgetown sent companies of cavalry , infantry , and ar- tillery , of fine appearance . The troops stationed at the City Hall and Willard's Hotel became objects of attrac- tion to ...
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Page 144 - ... rebellion against the United States ; and the fact that. any State or the people thereof shall on that day be in good faith represented in the Congress of the United States by members chosen thereto at elections wherein a majority of the qualified voters of such...
Page 123 - In doing this there need be no bloodshed or violence ; and there shall be none, unless it be forced upon the National authority. 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...
Page 149 - In giving freedom to the slave, we assure freedom to the free — honorable alike in what we give and what we preserve. We shall nobly save or meanly lose the last, best hope of earth.
Page 59 - Then Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed him in the midst of his brethren : and the Spirit of the Lord came upon David from that day forward.
Page 144 - St. Martin, and Orleans, including the City of New Orleans ; Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, and Virginia, except the forty-eight counties designated as West Virginia, and also the counties of Berkeley, Accomac, Northampton, Elizabeth City, York, Princess...
Page 193 - One-eighth of the whole population were colored slaves, not distributed generally over the Union, but localized in the Southern part of it. These slaves constituted a peculiar and powerful interest. All knew that this interest was somehow the cause of the war.
Page 143 - That, on the first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, all persons held as slaves within any State or designated part of a State, the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the United States, shall be then, thenceforward, and forever, free...
Page 194 - If we shall suppose that American slavery is one of those offenses which, in the providence of God, must needs come, but which, having continued through His appointed time, He now wills to remove, and that He gives to both North and South this terrible war as the woe due to those by whom the offense came, shall we discern therein any departure from those divine attributes which the believers in a living God always ascribe to Him?
Page 183 - tis the draught of a breath, From the blossom of health to the paleness of death ; From the gilded saloon to the bier and the shroud : — Oh ! why should the spirit of mortal be proud ? Oh ! why should the spirit of mortal be proud?
Page 125 - All the vital rights of minorities and of individuals are so plainly assured to them by affirmations and negations, guarantees and prohibitions in the Constitution, that controversies never arise concerning them. But no organic law can ever be framed with a provision specifically applicable to every question which may occur in practical administration. No foresight can anticipate, nor any document of reasonable length contain, express provisions for all possible questions. Shall fugitives from labor...