The Gettysburg Speech, and Other PapersHoughton Mifflin Company, 1899 - 100 pages |
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... suppose so ; he ought to be , at any rate — They told me that he came to hear me and took notes of my speech , and gave a lecture on it to his class the next day ; and ,, not satis- fied with that , he followed me up to Meriden the next ...
... suppose so ; he ought to be , at any rate — They told me that he came to hear me and took notes of my speech , and gave a lecture on it to his class the next day ; and ,, not satis- fied with that , he followed me up to Meriden the next ...
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... Can aliens make treaties easier than friends . can make laws ? Can treaties be more faithfully en- forced between aliens than laws can among friends ? } Suppose you go to war , you cannot fight always THE FIRST INAUGURAL ADDRESS . 49.
... Can aliens make treaties easier than friends . can make laws ? Can treaties be more faithfully en- forced between aliens than laws can among friends ? } Suppose you go to war , you cannot fight always THE FIRST INAUGURAL ADDRESS . 49.
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Abraham Lincoln. 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 . This ...
Abraham Lincoln. 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 . This ...
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... suppose it will be granted that I am not to expect a direct revelation . I must study the plain physical facts of the case , ascertain what is possible , and learn what appears to be wise and right . The subject is difficult , and good ...
... suppose it will be granted that I am not to expect a direct revelation . I must study the plain physical facts of the case , ascertain what is possible , and learn what appears to be wise and right . The subject is difficult , and good ...
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... suppose they could be induced by a proclamation of freedom from me to throw themselves upon us , what should we do with them ? How can we feed and care for such a multitude ? General Butler wrote me a few days since that he was issuing ...
... suppose they could be induced by a proclamation of freedom from me to throw themselves upon us , what should we do with them ? How can we feed and care for such a multitude ? General Butler wrote me a few days since that he was issuing ...
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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...