Letter to Mrs. O. H. Browning, Springfield, April 1, 1838
From a Political Debate, Springfield, Dec. 1839
Letter to W. G. Anderson, Lawrenceville, Ill., Oct. 31, 1840
Extract from a Letter to John T. Stuart, Springfield, Ill.,
Jan. 23, 1841
From his Address before the Springfield Washingtonian
Temperance Society, Feb. 22, 1842
From Lincoln's Reply to Douglas at Charleston, Ill., Sept. 18,
Notes for Speeches-Written about Oct. 1, 1858 From Lincoln's Reply to Douglas in the Seventh and Last Joint Debate, at Alton, Ill., Oct. 15, 1858
From Speech at Columbus, Ohio, Sept. 16, 1859
From Speech at Cincinnati, Ohio, Sept. 17, 1859
From a Letter to J. W. Fell, Dec. 20, 1859.
From the Address at Cooper Institute, N. Y., Feb. 27, 1860
Lincoln's Farewell to the Citizens of Springfield, Ill., Feb. 11,
From his Remarks at Pittsburgh, Pa., Feb. 15, 1861
From his Address at Trenton, N.J., Feb. 21, 1861
Address in Independence Hall, Philadelphia, Feb. 22, 1861. 163
His Reply to the Mayor of Washington, D.C., Feb. 27, 1861 First Inaugural Address, March 4, 1861
Letter to Horace Greeley, Aug. 22, 1862
From his Reply to the Chicago Committee of United Religious
Denominations, Sept. 13, 1862
From the Annual Message to Congress, Dec. 1, 1862
Emancipation Proclamation, Jan. 1, 1863
Letter to General Grant, July 13, 1863
Moulton, Washington, July 31, 1863
Letter to Mrs. Lincoln, Washington, Aug. 8, 1863
Letter to James H. Hackett, Washington, Aug. 17, 1863
Note to Secretary Stanton, Washington, Nov. 11, 1863
Letter to James C. Conkling, Aug. 26, 1863.
His Proclamation for a Day of Thanksgiving, Oct. 3, 1863
-Remarks at the Dedication of the National Cemetery at
Gettysburg, Nov. 19, 1863
Address at a Sanitary Fair, March 18, 1864
Letter to A. G. Hodges, April 4, 1864.
Address at a Sanitary Fair at Baltimore, April 18, 1864
Letter to General Grant, April 30, 1864
From Address to the 166th Ohio Regiment, Aug. 22, 1864
Reply to a Serenade, Nov. 10, 1864
Letter to Mrs. Bixley, Nov. 21, 1864
Letter to General Grant, Washington, Jan. 19, 1865
Second Inaugural Address, March 4, 1865
Letter to Thurlow Weed, March 15, 1865
From an Address to an Indiana Regiment, March 17, 1865
His Last Public Address, April 11, 1865
Lincoln's First Public Speech. From an Address to the People of Sangamon County. March 9, 1832
UPON the subject of education, not presuming to dictate any plan or system respecting it, I can only say that I view it as the most important subject which we, as a people, can be engaged in. That every man may receive at least a moderate education, and thereby be enabled to read the histories of his own and other countries, by which he may duly appreciate the value of our free institutions, appears to be an object of vital importance, even on this account alone, to say nothing of the advantages and satisfaction to be derived from all being able to read the Scriptures and other works, both of a religious and moral nature, for themselves.
For my part, I desire to see the time when education -and by its means morality, sobriety, enterprise, and industry-shall become much more general than at present; and should be gratified to have it in my power to contribute something to the advancement of any measure which might have a tendency to accelerate that happy period.
With regard to existing laws, some alterations are thought to be necessary. Many respectable men have suggested that our estray laws-the law respecting the issuing of executions, the road law, and some others-are deficient in their present form, and require alterations. But considering the great probability that the framers of those laws were wiser than myself, I should prefer not meddling with them, unless they were first attacked by others, in which case I should feel it both a privilege
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