A Memorial of Abraham Lincoln, Late President of the United States |
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... believe that the nation , instructed by this last bitter experience , will sustain the Government more unitedly than ever in vigorous and effective measures for suppressing a wicked and unnatural Rebellion , in meting out justice to all ...
... believe that the nation , instructed by this last bitter experience , will sustain the Government more unitedly than ever in vigorous and effective measures for suppressing a wicked and unnatural Rebellion , in meting out justice to all ...
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... believe , that this transaction is the direct result of the method of these leaders in their en- deavor to destroy the Union ; that it is the legitimate fruit of the temper in which they have carried on this war from the first ; that it ...
... believe , that this transaction is the direct result of the method of these leaders in their en- deavor to destroy the Union ; that it is the legitimate fruit of the temper in which they have carried on this war from the first ; that it ...
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... believe justified by the law under the necessities of the case , and for the safety of the people whose security was placed in his keeping . Of all the atrocious calumnies which ever stained the blackest page of political ribaldry , the ...
... believe justified by the law under the necessities of the case , and for the safety of the people whose security was placed in his keeping . Of all the atrocious calumnies which ever stained the blackest page of political ribaldry , the ...
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... of peculiar moment ; and there is good cause to believe was also designed to embrace the Minister of War , holding the keys of the military resources of the nation , and other offices of state , there can MEETING IN FANEUIL HALL . 43.
... of peculiar moment ; and there is good cause to believe was also designed to embrace the Minister of War , holding the keys of the military resources of the nation , and other offices of state , there can MEETING IN FANEUIL HALL . 43.
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... believe so long as we may , that the great mass of the Southern people will look upon this stupendous crime with horror and detestation ; and that it may awaken many of them to a sense of the hideous nature of the Rebellion and its ...
... believe so long as we may , that the great mass of the Southern people will look upon this stupendous crime with horror and detestation ; and that it may awaken many of them to a sense of the hideous nature of the Rebellion and its ...
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Page 112 - Let us have faith that right makes might, and in that faith let us to the end dare to do our duty as we understand it.
Page 82 - There is no man that hath power over the spirit to retain the spirit; neither hath he power in the day of death: and there is no discharge in that war; neither shall wickedness deliver those that are given to it.
Page 81 - He maketh wars to cease unto the end of the earth; He breaketh the bow and cutteth the spear in sunder; He burneth the chariot in the fire.
Page 82 - As the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away: so he that goeth down to the grave shall come up no more. He shall return no more to his house, neither shall his place know him any more.
Page 81 - By terrible things in righteousness wilt thou answer us, O God of our salvation ; who art the confidence of all the ends of the earth, and of them that are afar off upon the sea...
Page 81 - The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord, and he delighteth in his way. "Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down; for the Lord upholdeth him with his hand.
Page 117 - I hold that, in contemplation of universal law, and of the Constitution, the Union of these States is perpetual. Perpetuity is implied, if not expressed, in the fundamental law of all National Governments. It is safe to assert that no Government proper ever had a provision in its organic law for its own termination.
Page 56 - Besides, this Duncan Hath borne his faculties so meek, hath been So clear in his great office, that his virtues Will plead like angels, trumpet-tongued, against The deep damnation of his taking-off...
Page 152 - And I will punish the world for their evil, and the wicked for their iniquity ; and I will cause the arrogancy of the proud to cease, and will lay low the haughtiness of the terrible.
Page 131 - Duncan is in his grave ; After life's fitful fever, he sleeps well ; Treason has done his worst : nor steel, nor poison, Malice domestic, foreign levy, nothing Can touch him farther ! Lady M.