Anecdotes of Abraham Lincoln and Lincoln's Stories: Including Early Life Stories, Professional Life Stories, White House Stories, War Stories, Miscellaneous StoriesRhodes & McClure, 1887 - 246 pages |
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... Secretary of War . We obtained an audience , and was ushered into the presence of the most pompous man I ever met . As I entered he waved his hand for me to stop at a given distance from him , and then put these questions , viz .: " Did ...
... Secretary of War . We obtained an audience , and was ushered into the presence of the most pompous man I ever met . As I entered he waved his hand for me to stop at a given distance from him , and then put these questions , viz .: " Did ...
Page 129
... Secretary of War , and urged , in the strongest manner , a reprieve . Stanton was inexorable . " Too many cases of the kind had been let off , " he said , " and it was time an example was made . " Exhausting his eloquence in vain , Mr ...
... Secretary of War , and urged , in the strongest manner , a reprieve . Stanton was inexorable . " Too many cases of the kind had been let off , " he said , " and it was time an example was made . " Exhausting his eloquence in vain , Mr ...
Page 152
... Secretary had accepted the pos- ition to hold it only until the war should end , and that now he felt his work was done , and his duty was to resign . Mr. Lincoln was greatly moved by the Secretary's words , and tearing in pieces the ...
... Secretary had accepted the pos- ition to hold it only until the war should end , and that now he felt his work was done , and his duty was to resign . Mr. Lincoln was greatly moved by the Secretary's words , and tearing in pieces the ...
Contents
CONTENTS | 11 |
An Incident of Lincolns Early Hardships | 18 |
The Long Nine Lincoln the Longest of All 424 | 25 |
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