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... manner . He answered the questions put to him in a quick , clear , low voice , keeping his light- gray eyes intently fixed upon the questioner ; and his mouth almost constantly wore a pleasant and winning smile . Every one in the ...
... manner . He answered the questions put to him in a quick , clear , low voice , keeping his light- gray eyes intently fixed upon the questioner ; and his mouth almost constantly wore a pleasant and winning smile . Every one in the ...
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... manner that was particularly exasperating to his adversaries . Nor did he spare his own political associates if they happened to differ with him . On one occasion , a New York representative , who had a curious way of dividing himself ...
... manner that was particularly exasperating to his adversaries . Nor did he spare his own political associates if they happened to differ with him . On one occasion , a New York representative , who had a curious way of dividing himself ...
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... manner of speak- ing which was peculiar in its sharpness and firm- ness . He was a brilliant speaker , but not a ready debater ; and he had a compact and direct way of putting things which always commanded close at- tention whenever he ...
... manner of speak- ing which was peculiar in its sharpness and firm- ness . He was a brilliant speaker , but not a ready debater ; and he had a compact and direct way of putting things which always commanded close at- tention whenever he ...
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... manner of the man underwent a physical transformation . His power over his party in the House was complete when " filibustering " tactics were going on . At a word from him , or a wave of his hand , the Peace Democrats would in ...
... manner of the man underwent a physical transformation . His power over his party in the House was complete when " filibustering " tactics were going on . At a word from him , or a wave of his hand , the Peace Democrats would in ...
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... manner was rather boyish , even when in public view . He would sometimes wind his arm round the waist of one of his associates in the House , and walk him up and down in the space behind the seats of the members , apparently oblivious ...
... manner was rather boyish , even when in public view . He would sometimes wind his arm round the waist of one of his associates in the House , and walk him up and down in the space behind the seats of the members , apparently oblivious ...
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Page 279 - Thou, too, sail on, O Ship of State! Sail on, O UNION strong and great! Humanity with all its fears, With all the hopes of future years, Is hanging breathless on thy fate.
Page 223 - None shall be weary nor stumble among them ; None shall slumber nor sleep; Neither shall the girdle of their loins be loosed, Nor the latchet of their shoes be broken : Whose arrows are sharp, and all their bows bent, Their horses...
Page 63 - The signs look better. The Father of Waters again goes unvexed to the sea. Thanks to the great Northwest for it. Nor yet wholly to them. Three hundred miles up they met New England, Empire, Keystone, and Jersey, hewing their way right and left. The sunny South, too, in more colors than one, also lent a hand.
Page 114 - Must I shoot a simpleminded soldier boy who deserts, while I must not touch a hair of a wily agitator who induces him to desert?
Page 182 - States, or other peaceable means, to the end that, at the earliest practicable moment, peace may be restored on the basis of the Federal union of the States.
Page 221 - Both parties deprecated war, but one of them would make war rather than let the nation survive, and the other would accept war rather than let it perish, and the war came.
Page 235 - We meet this evening not in sorrow, but in gladness of heart. The evacuation of Petersburg and Richmond, and the surrender of the principal insurgent army, give hope of a righteous and speedy peace, whose joyous expression cannot be restrained.
Page 222 - With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation's wounds, to care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow and his orphans, to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and a lasting peace among ourselves and with all nations.
Page 179 - This morning, as for some days past, it seems exceedingly probable that this Administration will not be re-elected. Then it will be my duty to so cooperate with the President-elect, as to save the Union between the election and the inauguration ; as he will have secured his election on such ground that he cannot possibly save it afterwards.
Page 58 - Department, and was to the effect that the army had been withdrawn from the south side of the Rappahannock, and was then "safely encamped" in its former position. The appearance of the President, as I read aloud these fateful words, was piteous. Never, as long as I knew him, did he seem to be so broken, so dispirited. and so ghostlike. Clasping his hands behind his back, he walked up and down the room, saying, "My God! my God! What will the country say!