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... never to enter . But his work has been so well done , and was so heartily recog- nized by Herndon , in these enthusiastic and picturesque letters , that this shadow stands for something substantial , which the many volumes of Parker's ...
... never to enter . But his work has been so well done , and was so heartily recog- nized by Herndon , in these enthusiastic and picturesque letters , that this shadow stands for something substantial , which the many volumes of Parker's ...
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... Never petulant but sometimes moody , he was fond of solitude and self - communion , and would often sit for hours looking absently at the ceiling , dead to the world and buried in thought . At such times he seemed to be a dreamer ...
... Never petulant but sometimes moody , he was fond of solitude and self - communion , and would often sit for hours looking absently at the ceiling , dead to the world and buried in thought . At such times he seemed to be a dreamer ...
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... never in time or eternity could be set right . When the shadow lifted he was himself again , be- guiling the hours with the aptness and ingenuities of his anec- dotes some of them more cogent than delicate , though he tolerated ...
... never in time or eternity could be set right . When the shadow lifted he was himself again , be- guiling the hours with the aptness and ingenuities of his anec- dotes some of them more cogent than delicate , though he tolerated ...
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... never to have liked the law . Herndon was a strange mixture of extremes , complex where Lincoln was simple ; a man of no personal dignity , yet gifted and lov- able ; one moment talking in a lofty strain , and the next tell- ing yarns ...
... never to have liked the law . Herndon was a strange mixture of extremes , complex where Lincoln was simple ; a man of no personal dignity , yet gifted and lov- able ; one moment talking in a lofty strain , and the next tell- ing yarns ...
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... never had any personal controversy or dis- agreement . I never stood in his way for political honors or office , and I believe we understood each other perfectly . In after years , when he became more prominent , and our practice grew ...
... never had any personal controversy or dis- agreement . I never stood in his way for political honors or office , and I believe we understood each other perfectly . In after years , when he became more prominent , and our practice grew ...
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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.