The Gettysburg Speech, and Other PapersHoughton Mifflin Company, 1899 - 100 pages |
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... present to his consciousness , would be gone from it , leaving it common earth and nothing more . Men might gather rich crops from it , but that ideal harvest of priceless associations would be reaped no longer ; that fine virtue which ...
... present to his consciousness , would be gone from it , leaving it common earth and nothing more . Men might gather rich crops from it , but that ideal harvest of priceless associations would be reaped no longer ; that fine virtue which ...
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... present , as Mr. Lincoln . Even in that half of the Union which acknowledged him as President , there was a large , and at that time dangerous minor- ity , that hardly admitted his claim to the office , and even in the party that ...
... present , as Mr. Lincoln . Even in that half of the Union which acknowledged him as President , there was a large , and at that time dangerous minor- ity , that hardly admitted his claim to the office , and even in the party that ...
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... present for me to discuss those matters of administration about which there is no special anxiety or excitement . Apprehension seems to exist among the people of the Southern States that by the accession of a Repub lican Administration ...
... present for me to discuss those matters of administration about which there is no special anxiety or excitement . Apprehension seems to exist among the people of the Southern States that by the accession of a Repub lican Administration ...
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... present Union now claim to secede from it ? All who cherish disunion sentiments are now being educated to the exact temper of doing this . Is there such perfect identity of interests among the States to compose a new Union as to produce ...
... present Union now claim to secede from it ? All who cherish disunion sentiments are now being educated to the exact temper of doing this . Is there such perfect identity of interests among the States to compose a new Union as to produce ...
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... present Government , as it came to his hands , and to transmit it , unimpaired by him , to his successor . Why should there not be a patient confidence in the ultimate justice of the people ? Is there any better or equal hope in the ...
... present Government , as it came to his hands , and to transmit it , unimpaired by him , to his successor . Why should there not be a patient confidence in the ultimate justice of the people ? Is there any better or equal hope in the ...
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Page 44 - It follows from these views that no State upon its own mere motion can lawfully get out of the Union ; that resolves and ordinances to that effect are legally void ; and that acts of violence, within any State or States, against the authority of the United States, are insurrectionary or revolutionary, according to circumstances.
Page 45 - I, therefore, consider that, in view of the Constitution and the laws, the Union is unbroken, and to the extent of my ability I shall take care, as the Constitution itself expressly enjoins upon me, that the laws of the Union be faithfully executed in all the States.
Page 52 - If it were admitted that you who are dissatisfied hold the right side in the dispute, there still is no single good reason for precipitate action. Intelligence, patriotism, Christianity, and a firm reliance on Him who has never yet forsaken this favored land, are still competent to adjust in the best way all our present difficulty. In your hands, my dissatisfied fellow-countrymen, and not in mine, is the momentous issue of civil war.
Page 77 - The progress of our arms, upon which all else chiefly depends, is as well known to the public as to myself; and it is, I trust, reasonably satisfactory and encouraging to all. With high hope for the future, no prediction in regard to it is ventured. On the occasion corresponding to this four years ago, all thoughts were anxiously directed to an impending civil war. All dreaded it — all sought to avert it.
Page 81 - Now, my friends, can this country be saved upon that basis? If it can, I will consider myself one of the happiest men in the world if I can help to save it. If it cannot be saved upon that principle, it will be truly awful. But if this country cannot be saved without giving up that principle, I was about to say I would rather be assassinated on this spot than surrender it Now, in my view of the present aspect of affairs, there need be no bloodshed or war.
Page 89 - O CAPTAIN! MY CAPTAIN! 0 Captain! my Captain! our fearful trip is done, The ship has weather'd every rack, the prize we sought is won, The port is near, the bells I hear, the people all exulting, While follow eyes the steady keel, the vessel grim and daring; But O heart! heart! heart! O the bleeding drops of red, Where on the deck my Captain lies, Fallen cold and dead.
Page 49 - Physically speaking, we cannot separate. We cannot remove our respective sections from each other, nor build an impassable wall between them. A husband and wife may be divorced, and go out of the presence and beyond the reach of each other ; but the different parts of our country cannot do this.
Page 53 - seem to be pursuing," as you say, I have not meant to leave any one in doubt. I would save the Union. I would save it the shortest way under the Constitution. The sooner the National authority can be restored, the nearer the Union will be
Page 49 - Suppose you go to war, you cannot fight always; and when, after much loss on both sides and no gain on either, you cease fighting, the identical old questions, as to terms of intercourse, are again upon you.
Page 60 - ... order and designate, as the States and parts of States wherein the people thereof respectively are this day in rebellion against the United States...