A Memorial of Abraham Lincoln, Late President of the United States |
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... peace and prosperity to a reunited country , has unexpectedly been turned to mourning . The shouts of an exultant people are hushed , and the stern discipline of sorrow is once more to test their char- acter and to prove their manhood ...
... peace and prosperity to a reunited country , has unexpectedly been turned to mourning . The shouts of an exultant people are hushed , and the stern discipline of sorrow is once more to test their char- acter and to prove their manhood ...
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... peace . At times when disas- ter befell our arms , or confusion attended our councils , and the timid were disposed to give up in despair , his faith never wavered in the final success of the cause , new difficulties aroused new ...
... peace . At times when disas- ter befell our arms , or confusion attended our councils , and the timid were disposed to give up in despair , his faith never wavered in the final success of the cause , new difficulties aroused new ...
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... peace , when the restoration or reconstruction of our glorious Union is so evident , that great and good man , at the head of our nation , whose sound judgment and valuable counsels were so much relied on , is stricken down by the hand ...
... peace , when the restoration or reconstruction of our glorious Union is so evident , that great and good man , at the head of our nation , whose sound judgment and valuable counsels were so much relied on , is stricken down by the hand ...
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... peace in all coming time ; trusting that he will not pause until every seed of its possible life is destroyed , and our whole country rests on the sure basis of full and impartial liberty . 6. That as a proper mark of respect , Faneuil ...
... peace in all coming time ; trusting that he will not pause until every seed of its possible life is destroyed , and our whole country rests on the sure basis of full and impartial liberty . 6. That as a proper mark of respect , Faneuil ...
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... peace seemed fairly open- ing to our vision , had taught us to look to him as the guiding star under whose benignant auspices all troubles were to cease . grief to - day . But deeper seated than even this is our He was cut off by a ...
... peace seemed fairly open- ing to our vision , had taught us to look to him as the guiding star under whose benignant auspices all troubles were to cease . grief to - day . But deeper seated than even this is our He was cut off by a ...
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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.