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Page xi
... fact of their existence gives no indication of executive ability beyond the perfunctory per- formance of routine duties . Such are messages to Congress transmitting documents which had been requested by that body , executive action , as ...
... fact of their existence gives no indication of executive ability beyond the perfunctory per- formance of routine duties . Such are messages to Congress transmitting documents which had been requested by that body , executive action , as ...
Page xix
... fact the force of argument ; it is by a wise forecast which allows hostile combinations to go so far as by the in- evitable reaction to become elements of his own power , that a politician proves his genius for statecraft ; and ...
... fact the force of argument ; it is by a wise forecast which allows hostile combinations to go so far as by the in- evitable reaction to become elements of his own power , that a politician proves his genius for statecraft ; and ...
Page xx
... fact , that the executive for the time being represents the abstract idea of government as a permanent principle superior to all party and all private interest , had grad- ually become unfamiliar . They had so long seen the public ...
... fact , that the executive for the time being represents the abstract idea of government as a permanent principle superior to all party and all private interest , had grad- ually become unfamiliar . They had so long seen the public ...
Page xxiv
... the toughest facts yield with the graceful pliancy of fiction ; but in real * It is always bad for those who are ready to procrastinate . life we commonly find that the men who control circumstances xxiv ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
... the toughest facts yield with the graceful pliancy of fiction ; but in real * It is always bad for those who are ready to procrastinate . life we commonly find that the men who control circumstances xxiv ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
Page xxix
... fact , that opposed to a man exceptionally adroit in using popular prejudice and bigotry to his purpose , exceptionally unscrupulous in appealing to those baser motives that turn a meet- ing of citizens into a mob of barbarians , he ...
... fact , that opposed to a man exceptionally adroit in using popular prejudice and bigotry to his purpose , exceptionally unscrupulous in appealing to those baser motives that turn a meet- ing of citizens into a mob of barbarians , he ...
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Page 81 - The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew and act anew. We must disenthrall ourselves, and then we shall save our country.
Page 173 - Texas, by combinations too powerful to be suppressed by the ordinary course of judicial proceedings, or by the powers vested in the marshals by law...
Page 220 - I, , do solemnly swear, in presence of Almighty God, that I will henceforth faithfully support, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States, and the union of the States thereunder ; and that I will, in like manner, abide by and faithfully support all acts of Congress passed during the existing rebellion with reference to slaves, so long and so far as not repealed, modified, or held void by Congress, or by decision of the Supreme Court ; and that I will, in like manner.
Page xlvi - And some innative weakness there must be In him who condescends to victory Such as the Present gives, and cannot wait, Safe in himself as in a fate.
Page 144 - An act to suppress insurrection, to punish treason and rebellion, to seize and confiscate property of rebels, and for other purposes," approved July 17, 1862, and which sections are in the words and figures following : SEC.
Page 146 - Now, therefore, I, ABRAHAM LINCOLN, President of the United States, by virtue of the power in me vested as Commander-in-Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States in time of actual armed rebellion against the authority and Government of the United States, and as a fit and necessary war measure for suppressing said rebellion...
Page 69 - Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, two thirds of both Houses concurring, that the following Articles be proposed to the Legislatures of the several States, as Amendments to the Constitution of the United States, all, or any of which Articles, when ratified by three fourths of the said Legislatures, to be valid to all intents and purposes, as part of the said Constitution...
Page 144 - States, or who shall in any way give aid or comfort thereto, escaping from such persons and taking refuge within the lines of the army; and all slaves captured from such persons or deserted by them, and coming under the control of the Government of the United States...
Page 146 - ... the States and parts of States wherein the people thereof respectively are this day in rebellion against the United States, the following, to wit: "Arkansas, Texas, Louisiana (except the parishes of St.
Page 232 - Any proposition which embraces the restoration of peace, the integrity of the whole Union, and the abandonment of slavery...