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... knew Ann Rutledge , and her death , which divided the life of Lincoln into before and after , touched him deeply , as may be seen in a lecture delivered by him in 1866 , in which he first told the story . During his first term in the ...
... knew Ann Rutledge , and her death , which divided the life of Lincoln into before and after , touched him deeply , as may be seen in a lecture delivered by him in 1866 , in which he first told the story . During his first term in the ...
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... knew how to play the game of politics according to the rules thereof , and was not over - nice as to methods when no moral principle was involved.1 On one is- sue , however , he had courageous convictions , nor did he at any time permit ...
... knew how to play the game of politics according to the rules thereof , and was not over - nice as to methods when no moral principle was involved.1 On one is- sue , however , he had courageous convictions , nor did he at any time permit ...
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... knew there must be work , patience , wisdom , plan- ning , disappointment ; and , while he was not lazy , he always loafed a little , studying men more than books , and reading the issues as they developed . Never petulant but sometimes ...
... knew there must be work , patience , wisdom , plan- ning , disappointment ; and , while he was not lazy , he always loafed a little , studying men more than books , and reading the issues as they developed . Never petulant but sometimes ...
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... knew him best were younger men . He was strangely reserved in friendship , rarely surrendering entire confidence , seldom a hero - worship- er ; and for Douglas , his rival in love and politics , he had less admiration than revulsion ...
... knew him best were younger men . He was strangely reserved in friendship , rarely surrendering entire confidence , seldom a hero - worship- er ; and for Douglas , his rival in love and politics , he had less admiration than revulsion ...
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... knew not . Major Stuart was away in Congress , and what business the firm had fell on him , but neither work nor politics brought him relief . Near the end of the month he wrote to his partner , in a mood of dismal melancholy : For not ...
... knew not . Major Stuart was away in Congress , and what business the firm had fell on him , but neither work nor politics brought him relief . Near the end of the month he wrote to his partner , in a mood of dismal melancholy : For not ...
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Page 344 - 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 120 - Witch. WHEN shall we three meet again, In thunder, lightning, or in rain ? 2 Witch.
Page 344 - 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 264 - 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 64 - 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 232 - 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 78 - 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 332 - 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.
Page 171 - If we could first know where we are, and whither we are tending, we could better judge what to do, and how to do it.
Page 174 - ... gathered from the four winds, and formed and fought the battle through, under .the constant hot fire of a disciplined, proud and pampered enemy. Did we brave all then to falter now ? — now — when that same enemy is wavering, dissevered and belligerent? The result is not doubtful. We shall not fail — if we stand firm, we shall not fail. Wise counsels may accelerate or mistakes delay it, but, sooner or later, the victory is sure to come.