Abraham Lincoln and His BooksM. Field, 1920 - 108 pages |
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... volume the best schoolbook ever put into the hands of American youth . That opinion was justified . It was a great book ... volumes once owned by him , and bearing the firm name of Lincoln and Herndon in his writing , one of them being ...
... volume the best schoolbook ever put into the hands of American youth . That opinion was justified . It was a great book ... volumes once owned by him , and bearing the firm name of Lincoln and Herndon in his writing , one of them being ...
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... volumes was a copy of the Revised Statutes of Indiana , the beginning of his reading of law . As for fiction , he read almost none of it . A certain Mrs. Lee Hentz had a passing vogue as a writer of fiction when he was a young man , and ...
... volumes was a copy of the Revised Statutes of Indiana , the beginning of his reading of law . As for fiction , he read almost none of it . A certain Mrs. Lee Hentz had a passing vogue as a writer of fiction when he was a young man , and ...
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... volume was found in the drawer of his desk after his death , in close juxtaposition with important state papers . But it deserves to be remembered that while Lincoln told stories in personal argument and in jury trials , he almost never ...
... volume was found in the drawer of his desk after his death , in close juxtaposition with important state papers . But it deserves to be remembered that while Lincoln told stories in personal argument and in jury trials , he almost never ...
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... volumes of his otherwise uncollected writings . He was , therefore , an author of considerable fecundity . He was ... volume by Prof. Luther E. Robinson as " Lin- coln as a Man of Letters " may also be cited . Books compiled from the ...
... volumes of his otherwise uncollected writings . He was , therefore , an author of considerable fecundity . He was ... volume by Prof. Luther E. Robinson as " Lin- coln as a Man of Letters " may also be cited . Books compiled from the ...
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... volume of 297 pages , which was entitled " The Martyr's Monument . It was followed a few weeks or months later by a smaller volume of selections , entitled " Presi- dent Lincoln Self - Portrayed " compiled by John Malcolm Ludlow , the ...
... volume of 297 pages , which was entitled " The Martyr's Monument . It was followed a few weeks or months later by a smaller volume of selections , entitled " Presi- dent Lincoln Self - Portrayed " compiled by John Malcolm Ludlow , the ...
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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...