The Life of Horace Greeley: Founder of the New York Tribune, with Extended Notices of Many of His Contemporary Statesmen and Journalists |
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... never at ease in polite society ; or , it might with more exactness , perhaps , be stated , polite society never was at ease with him . He was ever making himself vulnerable to criti- cisms of etiquette . In delineating his life I shall ...
... never at ease in polite society ; or , it might with more exactness , perhaps , be stated , polite society never was at ease with him . He was ever making himself vulnerable to criti- cisms of etiquette . In delineating his life I shall ...
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... never held an office , and his property was probably at no time worth $ 2,000 , and generally ranged from $ 1,000 to zero , I think few men were ever more sincerely and generally esteemed than he by those who knew him . " This excellent ...
... never held an office , and his property was probably at no time worth $ 2,000 , and generally ranged from $ 1,000 to zero , I think few men were ever more sincerely and generally esteemed than he by those who knew him . " This excellent ...
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... never reconciled to what the less roughly bred must always deem privations and hardships . I never caught the old smile on her face , the familiar gladness in her mood , the hearty joyful- ness in her manner , from the day she entered ...
... never reconciled to what the less roughly bred must always deem privations and hardships . I never caught the old smile on her face , the familiar gladness in her mood , the hearty joyful- ness in her manner , from the day she entered ...
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... never struck a blow , but governed by moral force and by appeals to the nobler impulses of his pupils . He was highly successful , and left at the close of his second term to the great regret of pupils and parents . His departure caused ...
... never struck a blow , but governed by moral force and by appeals to the nobler impulses of his pupils . He was highly successful , and left at the close of his second term to the great regret of pupils and parents . His departure caused ...
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... never failed to respond ; and it came to be said that I spelled as well asleep as awake . I apprehend that this was more likely to be true of some others of the class , who , if ever so sound asleep , could scarcely have spelled worse ...
... never failed to respond ; and it came to be said that I spelled as well asleep as awake . I apprehend that this was more likely to be true of some others of the class , who , if ever so sound asleep , could scarcely have spelled worse ...
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Page 69 - Behold, we know not anything; I can but trust that good shall fall At last — far off — at last, to all, And every winter change to spring.
Page 402 - Union; and what I forbear, I forbear because I do not believe it would help to save the Union. I shall do less whenever I shall believe what I am doing hurts the cause, and I shall do more whenever I shall believe doing more will help the cause.
Page 69 - OH yet we trust that somehow good Will be the final goal of ill, To pangs of nature, sins of will, Defects of doubt, and taints of blood ; That nothing walks with aimless feet; That not one life shall be destroy'd, Or cast as rubbish to the void, When God hath made the pile complete...
Page 402 - I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing all the slaves I would do it; and if I could do it by freeing some and leaving others alone I would also do that. What I do about slavery, and the colored race, I do because I believe it helps to save the Union; and what I forbear, I forbear because I do not believe it would help to save the Union.
Page 402 - If there be those who would not save the Union unless they could at the same time destroy Slavery, I do not agree with them. My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union and is not either to save or destroy Slavery.
Page 504 - Whose beard descending swept his aged breast ; The ruined spendthrift, now no longer proud, Claimed kindred there, and had his claims allowed ; The broken soldier, kindly bade to stay, Sat by his fire and talked the night away, Wept o'er his wounds or tales of sorrow done, Shouldered his crutch and showed how fields were won.
Page 509 - ... stands it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman. Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly : it is dearness only that gives everything its value.
Page 402 - If there be in it any statements or assumptions of fact which I may know to be erroneous, I do not now and here controvert them. If there be any inferences •which I may believe to be falsely drawn, I do not now and here argue against them. If there be perceptible in it an impatient and dictatorial tone, I waive it in deference to an old friend whose heart I have always supposed to be right. As to the policy I
Page 590 - For Humanity sweeps onward : where to-day the martyr stands, On the morrow crouches Judas with the silver in his hands ; Far in front the cross stands ready and the crackling fagots burn, While the hooting mob of yesterday in silent awe ' return To glean up the scattered ashes into History's golden urn.
Page 414 - To whom it may concern : Any proposition which embraces the restoration of peace, the integrity of the whole Union, and the abandonment of slavery, and which comes by and with an authority that can control the armies now at war against the United States, will be received and considered by the executive government of the United States, and will be met by liberal terms on other substantial and collateral points, and the bearer or bearers thereof shall have safe conduct both ways. ABRAHAM LINCOLN.