Abraham Lincoln and His BooksM. Field, 1920 - 108 pages |
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... hero of his subject . He magnifies his perfections , if he had any , and suppresses his imperfections . He is so faithful in his zeal and so lavish in praise of his every act that one is almost driven to believe that Burke never made a ...
... hero of his subject . He magnifies his perfections , if he had any , and suppresses his imperfections . He is so faithful in his zeal and so lavish in praise of his every act that one is almost driven to believe that Burke never made a ...
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... heroes , Plutarch's Lives . We are certain of this , because when John Locke Scripps wrote the first biography of Lincoln , he stated that this was among the books which Lincoln had read . Lincoln told him that this statement was not ...
... heroes , Plutarch's Lives . We are certain of this , because when John Locke Scripps wrote the first biography of Lincoln , he stated that this was among the books which Lincoln had read . Lincoln told him that this statement was not ...
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... hero . William Dean Howells made his advent into literature about this time , and he wrote a campaign biography of Lincoln ; and a Boston firm published " The Wideawake Edition " of Lincoln's life . A Cincinnati firm published a ...
... hero . William Dean Howells made his advent into literature about this time , and he wrote a campaign biography of Lincoln ; and a Boston firm published " The Wideawake Edition " of Lincoln's life . A Cincinnati firm published a ...
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... hero in the book . He not only does all the things that John Hanks did in his own proper person , but , as the author explains in the preface , it was necessary for dramatic reasons to continue his activity through the play ; so he ...
... hero in the book . He not only does all the things that John Hanks did in his own proper person , but , as the author explains in the preface , it was necessary for dramatic reasons to continue his activity through the play ; so he ...
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... hero . There are several good Lives of Lincoln for boys and girls ; nor is it easy to think of a modern character the study of whose life could be more valuable for young people . Beside formal biographies there are many books of ...
... hero . There are several good Lives of Lincoln for boys and girls ; nor is it easy to think of a modern character the study of whose life could be more valuable for young people . Beside formal biographies there are many books of ...
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Page 54 - We are now far into the fifth year since a policy was initiated with the avowed object and confident promise of putting an end to slavery agitation. Under the operation of that policy, that agitation has not only not ceased, but has constantly augmented. In my opinion, it will not cease until a crisis shall have been reached and passed. "A house divided against itself cannot stand.
Page 54 - A house divided against itself cannot stand." I believe this Government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free. I do not expect the Union to be dissolved, I do not expect the house to fall, but I do expect it will cease to be divided. It will become all one thing, or all the other. Either the opponents of slavery will arrest the further spread of it, and place it where the public mind shall rest in the belief that it is in the course of ultimate extinction; or its advocates will push...
Page 64 - Fondly do we hope, fervently do we pray, that this mighty scourge of war may speedily pass away. Yet, if God wills that it continue until all the wealth piled by the bondman's two hundred and fifty years of unrequited toil shall be sunk, and until every drop of blood drawn with the lash shall be paid by another drawn with the sword, as was said three thousand years ago, so still it must be said, "The judgments of the Lord are true and righteous altogether.
Page 57 - 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 63 - 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? Fondly do we hope — fervently do we pray — that this mighty scourge...
Page 62 - At this second appearing to take the oath of the Presidential office, there is less occasion for an extended address than there was at the first. Then a statement somewhat in detail of a course to be pursued seemed very fitting and proper. Now, at the expiration of four years, during which public declarations have been constantly called forth on every point and phase of the great contest which still absorbs the attention and engrosses the energies of the nation, little that is new could be presented.
Page 50 - Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to compromise whenever you can. Point out to them how the nominal winner is often a real loser — in fees, expenses and waste of time. As a peacemaker, the lawyer has a superior opportunity of being a good man.
Page 57 - ... 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 60 - It has long been a grave question whether any government, not too strong for the liberties of its people, can be strong enough to maintain its existence in great emergencies.
Page 56 - Whereas, on the twenty-second day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-two, a proclamation was issued by the President of the United States, containing, among other things, the following, to wit: "That on the first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and...