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... Douglas himself revolted . Whatever may have been the motives of Douglas , the Repeal was an act of political suicide for himself and a tragedy for the nation . It has often been noted , as an instance of how great things hang upon ...
... Douglas himself revolted . Whatever may have been the motives of Douglas , the Repeal was an act of political suicide for himself and a tragedy for the nation . It has often been noted , as an instance of how great things hang upon ...
Page 56
... Douglas . Literal fire was also used to burn him in hundreds of effigies , by whose light he once said himself he could travel all the way from Illinois to the Atlantic . Two or three days after his arrival in Chicago , Senator Douglas ...
... Douglas . Literal fire was also used to burn him in hundreds of effigies , by whose light he once said himself he could travel all the way from Illinois to the Atlantic . Two or three days after his arrival in Chicago , Senator Douglas ...
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... Douglas spoke for more than three hours in presenting his side of the case . He followed the outline of his Springfield address , ringing the changes on " popular sovereignty , " and approaching dan- gerously near to bathos when at the ...
... Douglas spoke for more than three hours in presenting his side of the case . He followed the outline of his Springfield address , ringing the changes on " popular sovereignty , " and approaching dan- gerously near to bathos when at the ...
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... Douglas at the skill and power of his opponent that he is reported to have said to Lincoln , flatteringly : " You are giving me more trouble in debate than all the United States Senate ; let us both stop and go home . To this Lincoln ...
... Douglas at the skill and power of his opponent that he is reported to have said to Lincoln , flatteringly : " You are giving me more trouble in debate than all the United States Senate ; let us both stop and go home . To this Lincoln ...
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... Douglas declined to speak on the ground of hoarseness , and Lincoln refused to take advantage of " Judge Douglas's indisposition . " Lincoln went directly home where he was met by a company of friends including Herndon , William Jayne ...
... Douglas declined to speak on the ground of hoarseness , and Lincoln refused to take advantage of " Judge Douglas's indisposition . " Lincoln went directly home where he was met by a company of friends including Herndon , William Jayne ...
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Page 278 - DEAR MADAM : I have been shown in the files of the War Department a statement of the Adjutant-General of Massachusetts that you are the mother of five sons who have died gloriously on the field of battle. I feel how weak and fruitless must be any words of mine which should attempt to beguile you from the grief of a loss so overwhelming.
Page 94 - Witch. WHEN shall we three meet again, In thunder, lightning, or in rain ? 2 Witch.
Page 278 - I feel how weak and fruitless must be any words of mine which should attempt to beguile you from the grief of a loss so overwhelming. But I cannot refrain from tendering to you the consolation that may be found in the thanks of the Republic they died to save. I pray that our heavenly Father may assuage the anguish of your bereavement, and leave you only the cherished memory of the loved and lost, and the solemn pride that must be yours to have laid so costly a sacrifice upon the altar of freedom.
Page 206 - Our fathers, when they framed the government under which we live, understood this question just as well, and even better than we do now.
Page 42 - When the white man governs himself that is self-government; but when he governs himself and also governs another man, that is more than self-government — that is despotism. If the negro is a man, why then my ancient faith teaches me that 'all men are created equal,' and that there can be no moral right in connection with one man's making a slave of another.
Page 181 - I am glad I made the late race. It gave me a hearing on the great and durable question of the age, which I could have had in no other way ; and though I now sink out of view, and shall be forgotten, I believe I have made some marks which will tell for the cause of civil liberty long after I am gone.
Page 14 - ... there's a divinity that shapes our ends, rough hew them how we will.
Page 163 - I will say then that I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of bringing about in any way the social and political equality of the white and black races...
Page 54 - That sight was a continued torment to me, and I see something like it every time I touch the Ohio or any other slave border. It is not fair for you to assume that I have no interest in a thing which has, and continually exercises, the power of making me miserable.
Page 268 - I now leave, not knowing when or whether ever I may return, with a task before me greater than that which rested upon Washington. Without the assistance of that Divine Being who ever attended him, I cannot succeed. With that assistance, I cannot fail. Trusting in Him who can go with me, and remain with you, and be everywhere for good, let us confidently hope that all will yet be well. To His care commending you, as I hope in your prayers you will commend me, I bid you an affectionate farewell.