A Memorial of Abraham Lincoln, Late President of the United States |
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... friend . We finite beings cannot fathom the wisdom of the great calamity . He that ruleth over the nations of the earth must be our abiding trust . To the family of the late President , our heartfelt sympathies and condolence should be ...
... friend . We finite beings cannot fathom the wisdom of the great calamity . He that ruleth over the nations of the earth must be our abiding trust . To the family of the late President , our heartfelt sympathies and condolence should be ...
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... , and whose untimely fate we deplore , beyond the loss of his services at a time when they were so sorely needed , we each and all of us have lost a dear friend 22 MEMORIAL OF PRESIDENT LINCOLN . Remarks of the President of the Council.
... , and whose untimely fate we deplore , beyond the loss of his services at a time when they were so sorely needed , we each and all of us have lost a dear friend 22 MEMORIAL OF PRESIDENT LINCOLN . Remarks of the President of the Council.
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Boston (Mass.) each and all of us have lost a dear friend ; a great , good , honest , noble - hearted friend , whom we all loved . Our love for him is the great cause of our heartfelt grief . Upon our nation's roll of honor , side by ...
Boston (Mass.) each and all of us have lost a dear friend ; a great , good , honest , noble - hearted friend , whom we all loved . Our love for him is the great cause of our heartfelt grief . Upon our nation's roll of honor , side by ...
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... friends , when every one is asking of each other , what shall we say , or what shall we do , - what are to be the consequences of these stupendous atrocities , — what do they teach , and what responsibilities do they involve , that we ...
... friends , when every one is asking of each other , what shall we say , or what shall we do , - what are to be the consequences of these stupendous atrocities , — what do they teach , and what responsibilities do they involve , that we ...
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... friends , from its very nature , must depend upon the people , and upon them alone . If they are not willing nor able to sus- tain it , and assert its just authority , it has failed , it has become worthless ; and the sooner it passes ...
... friends , from its very nature , must depend upon the people , and upon them alone . If they are not willing nor able to sus- tain it , and assert its just authority , it has failed , it has become worthless ; and the sooner it passes ...
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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.