Abraham Lincoln: His Life and Public ServicesB.B. Russell, 1865 - 216 pages |
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... letters which could hardly be understood . The mother could not write , but she could read ; and this accomplishment made her seem a remarkable woman for that time and place . Moreover , it gave her the power to peruse the blessed ...
... letters which could hardly be understood . The mother could not write , but she could read ; and this accomplishment made her seem a remarkable woman for that time and place . Moreover , it gave her the power to peruse the blessed ...
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... letter to Congress transmitting the Constitution , he de- clared to be the greatest interest of every true Ameri can . . . . But another person was needed , of different birth and simpler life , to represent the ideas which were now ...
... letter to Congress transmitting the Constitution , he de- clared to be the greatest interest of every true Ameri can . . . . But another person was needed , of different birth and simpler life , to represent the ideas which were now ...
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... letter . " One of the first letters he wrote was to an old friend of his mother , a travelling preacher , whom he desired to come and preach her funeral sermon . Parson Elkins did not receive the letter for some three months ; but then ...
... letter . " One of the first letters he wrote was to an old friend of his mother , a travelling preacher , whom he desired to come and preach her funeral sermon . Parson Elkins did not receive the letter for some three months ; but then ...
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... letter , shortly before his death , expressing his intention to visit the grave during the approach- ing summer , and cause a suitable monument to be erect- ed ; and in that letter , which was to an old friend , he expressed regret that ...
... letter , shortly before his death , expressing his intention to visit the grave during the approach- ing summer , and cause a suitable monument to be erect- ed ; and in that letter , which was to an old friend , he expressed regret that ...
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... letters . The log- cabin above mentioned has no windows ; but a half sheet of paper oiled , placed in a sort of wooden shutter , admitted a little light when the shutter was closed . It is said to be truly a Union cabin , having in it ...
... letters . The log- cabin above mentioned has no windows ; but a half sheet of paper oiled , placed in a sort of wooden shutter , admitted a little light when the shutter was closed . It is said to be truly a Union cabin , having in it ...
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Abraham Lincoln: Is Life and Public Services (Classic Reprint) Phebe A. Hanaford No preview available - 2017 |
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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...