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Page 19
... expressed regret that care and business had so long hin- dered him from performing this duty . He will never perform it . Instead of going to her grave , he has gone to her ; and blissful beyond human computation must have been , ere ...
... expressed regret that care and business had so long hin- dered him from performing this duty . He will never perform it . Instead of going to her grave , he has gone to her ; and blissful beyond human computation must have been , ere ...
Page 21
... expressed this idea in his funeral sermon at Springfield , Illinois , on the 4th of May , 1865. He said , " Mr. Lincoln was no ordinary man . I believe the conviction has been growing on the nation's mind , as it certainly has been on ...
... expressed this idea in his funeral sermon at Springfield , Illinois , on the 4th of May , 1865. He said , " Mr. Lincoln was no ordinary man . I believe the conviction has been growing on the nation's mind , as it certainly has been on ...
Page 28
... expressed in rhythmical harmony , that— " Prayer moves the hand which moves the world ; " but as there are forces in Nature whose origin and in- fluence we cannot fully explain , while yet we are com- pelled to acknowledge their ...
... expressed in rhythmical harmony , that— " Prayer moves the hand which moves the world ; " but as there are forces in Nature whose origin and in- fluence we cannot fully explain , while yet we are com- pelled to acknowledge their ...
Page 29
... through which he had passed , was but a truthful expression of the fact that the " cloud of wit- nesses " ever around the immortal but earth - veiled spirit of the child of God are fulfilling grand purposes of CULTURE . 29.
... through which he had passed , was but a truthful expression of the fact that the " cloud of wit- nesses " ever around the immortal but earth - veiled spirit of the child of God are fulfilling grand purposes of CULTURE . 29.
Page 37
... expressed his opinion in regard to free labor , in the same straightforward , though rather in- elegant manner . His words may as well be quoted here . They were these : " Our Government was not estab lished that one man might do with ...
... expressed his opinion in regard to free labor , in the same straightforward , though rather in- elegant manner . His words may as well be quoted here . They were these : " Our Government was not estab lished that one man might do with ...
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