Latest Light on Abraham Lincoln, and War-time Memories: Including Many Heretofore Unpublished Incidents and Historical Facts Concerning His Ancestry, Boyhood, Family, Religion, Public Life, Trials and Triumphs, Illustrated with Many Reproductions from Original Paintings, Photographs, Etc, Volume 1 |
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... expression in her memorable words , " Taken from us at the time the country needs him more than ever before . " I have seen them side by side at public worship ; I have seen them close together at the White House , and I always think of ...
... expression in her memorable words , " Taken from us at the time the country needs him more than ever before . " I have seen them side by side at public worship ; I have seen them close together at the White House , and I always think of ...
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... expressed an ardent , long - cherished wish , that there might be given to the public , correct information concerning the personal ap- pearance of Abraham Lincoln . " What difference does it make , " inquired my friend , " whether he ...
... expressed an ardent , long - cherished wish , that there might be given to the public , correct information concerning the personal ap- pearance of Abraham Lincoln . " What difference does it make , " inquired my friend , " whether he ...
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... expression dropped like a mask . The melancholy shadow disappeared in a twinkling . The eyes began to sparkle , the mouth to smile , and the whole counte- nance was wreathed in animation . The hard lines faded out of his face and the ...
... expression dropped like a mask . The melancholy shadow disappeared in a twinkling . The eyes began to sparkle , the mouth to smile , and the whole counte- nance was wreathed in animation . The hard lines faded out of his face and the ...
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... expression in tones of tenderness and words well chosen and fitting . He was as re- fined as Chesterfield and as self - forgetful as Sir Philip Syd- ney . His manners were in keeping with his motives and he could not be rude or severe ...
... expression in tones of tenderness and words well chosen and fitting . He was as re- fined as Chesterfield and as self - forgetful as Sir Philip Syd- ney . His manners were in keeping with his motives and he could not be rude or severe ...
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... expression of the face those noble qualities of the man - honesty , gentleness and kind - heartedness - which so endeared him to all who knew him . " 26 In this picture is one of the best representations we have of Lincoln's hand . The ...
... expression of the face those noble qualities of the man - honesty , gentleness and kind - heartedness - which so endeared him to all who knew him . " 26 In this picture is one of the best representations we have of Lincoln's hand . The ...
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Page 191 - In your hands, my dissatisfied fellow-countrymen, and not in mine, is the momentous issue of civil war. The government will not assail you. You can have no conflict without being yourselves the aggressors. You have no oath registered in heaven to destroy the government, while I shall have the most solemn one to "preserve, protect, and defend it.0
Page 239 - I will, in like manner, abide by and faithfully support all acts of congress passed during the existing rebellion with reference to slaves, so long and so far as not repealed, modified, or held void by congress, or by decision of the supreme court...
Page 191 - I now reiterate these sentiments ; and in doing so I only press upon the public attention the most conclusive evidence of which the case is susceptible, that the property, peace and security of no section are to be in any wise endangered by the now incoming administration.
Page 192 - No amendment shall be made to the Constitution which will authorize, or give to Congress the power to abolish or interfere, within any State, with the domestic institutions thereof, including that of persons held to labor or service by the laws of said State.
Page 216 - Heaven, not rending or wrecking anything. Will you not embrace it ? So much good has not been done by one effort in all past time, as in the Providence of God it is now your high privilege to do. May the vast future not have to lament that you have neglected it.
Page 215 - The resolution, in the language above quoted, was adopted by large majorities in both branches of Congress, and now stands an authentic, definite, and solemn proposal of the nation to the States and people most immediately interested in the subject matter.
Page 235 - And I further declare and make known that such persons, of suitable condition will be received into the armed service of the United States to garrison forts, positions, stations, and other places and to man vessels of all sorts in said service. And upon this act, sincerely believed to be an act of justice, warranted by the Constitution upon military necessity, I invoke the considerate judgment of mankind and the gracious favor of Almighty God.
Page 195 - Should you shoot a man, according to the proclamation, the Confederates would very certainly shoot our best men in their hands in retaliation; and so, man for man, indefinitely.
Page 188 - When they remind us of their constitutional rights, I acknowledge them — not grudgingly, but fully and fairly; and I would give them any legislation for the reclaiming of their fugitives which should not in its stringency be more likely to carry a free man into slavery than our ordinary criminal laws are to hang an innocent one.
Page 237 - You dislike the Emancipation Proclamation, and perhaps would have it retracted. You say it is unconstitutional. I think differently. I think the Constitution invests its commander-in-chief with the law of war in time of war.