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... confident being from that time . " When he was nineteen Mr. Gentry , the most promi- nent man in the neighborhood , from whom the town of Gentryville was named , and who kept the " store , " embarked in a new enterprise , and sent ...
... confident being from that time . " When he was nineteen Mr. Gentry , the most promi- nent man in the neighborhood , from whom the town of Gentryville was named , and who kept the " store , " embarked in a new enterprise , and sent ...
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... confidence in my own ability to keep my resolves when they are made . In that ability I once prided myself as the only or the chief gem of my character . That gem I have lost . How and where you know too well . I have not yet regained ...
... confidence in my own ability to keep my resolves when they are made . In that ability I once prided myself as the only or the chief gem of my character . That gem I have lost . How and where you know too well . I have not yet regained ...
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... confidence and honors are reposed in and conferred upon lawyers by the people , it appears improbable that their impression of dishonesty is very distinct and vivid . Yet the impression is com- mon , -almost universal . Let no young man ...
... confidence and honors are reposed in and conferred upon lawyers by the people , it appears improbable that their impression of dishonesty is very distinct and vivid . Yet the impression is com- mon , -almost universal . Let no young man ...
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... modesty and diffidence , he never hesitated to meet with confidence the most formidable opponent at the bar or on the stump , and frequently , when reading accounts of litigation in which famous lawyers were 78 THE TRUE ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
... modesty and diffidence , he never hesitated to meet with confidence the most formidable opponent at the bar or on the stump , and frequently , when reading accounts of litigation in which famous lawyers were 78 THE TRUE ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
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... for help , was always ready to give it ; and while he received everybody's confidence , he rarely gave his own in return . Whatever his cares and anxieties may have been , he never inflicted them 83 THE LEADER OF THE SPRINGFIELD BAR.
... for help , was always ready to give it ; and while he received everybody's confidence , he rarely gave his own in return . Whatever his cares and anxieties may have been , he never inflicted them 83 THE LEADER OF THE SPRINGFIELD BAR.
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Page 324 - 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 106 - I do not expect the Union to be dissolved, I do not expect the house to fall, but I do expect it will cease to be divided. It will become all one thing, or all the other. Either the opponents of slavery will arrest the further spread of it, and place it where the public mind shall rest in the belief that it is in...
Page 87 - Fondly do we hope — fervently do we pray — that this mighty scourge of war may speedily pass away. Yet, if God wills that it continue until all the wealth piled by the bondman's two hundred and fifty years of unrequited toil shall be sunk, and until every drop of blood drawn...
Page 49 - I pray that our heavenly Father may assuage the anguish of your bereavement, and leave you only the cherished memory of the loved and lost, and the solemn pride that must be yours to have laid so costly a sacrifice upon the altar of freedom.
Page 49 - DEAR MADAM : I have been shown in the files of the War Department a statement of the Adjutant-General of Massachusetts that you are the mother of five sons who have died gloriously on the field of battle. I feel how weak and fruitless must be any words of mine which should attempt to beguile you from the grief of a loss so overwhelming.
Page 69 - Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to compromise whenever you can. Point out to them how the nominal winner is often a real loser — in fees, expenses and waste of time. As a peacemaker, the lawyer has a superior opportunity of being a good man.
Page 87 - God wills that it continue until all the wealth piled by the bondsman's two hundred and fifty years of unrequited toil shall be sunk, and until every drop of blood drawn with the lash shall be paid by another drawn with the sword...
Page 258 - I have placed you at the head of the Army of the Potomac. Of course I have done this upon what appear to me to be sufficient reasons, and yet I think it best for you to know that there are some things in regard to which I am not quite satisfied with you.
Page 385 - The will of God prevails. In great contests each 39* party claims to act in accordance with the will of God. Both may be and one must be wrong. God cannot be for and against the same thing at the same time. In the present civil war it is quite possible that God's purpose is something different from the purpose of either party; and yet the human instrumentalities, working just as they do, are of the best adaptation to effect His purpose.
Page 200 - The power confided to me will be used to hold, occupy, and possess the property and places belonging to the government, and to collect the duties and imposts; but beyond what may be necessary for these objects, there will be no invasion, no using of force against or among the people anywhere.