Abraham Lincoln, an EssayHoughton, Mifflin, 1891 - 117 pages This essay was originally published in "The Atlantic Monthly" as a review of "Abraham Lincoln, a History," by John G. Nicolay and John Hay. Owing to many suggestions and requests which have come from various quarters to the author as well as the pbulishers, a republication in book form has been undertaken, and the original text has been revised and slightly modified to addapt it to that purpose. |
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Page 15
... declaring " the institution of slavery to be founded on both injustice and bad policy . " This was not only the irrepres- sible voice of his conscience ; it was true moral valor , too ; for at that time , in many parts of the West , an ...
... declaring " the institution of slavery to be founded on both injustice and bad policy . " This was not only the irrepres- sible voice of his conscience ; it was true moral valor , too ; for at that time , in many parts of the West , an ...
Page 16
... declared that , upon careful examination , he found all the authorities on the other side , and none on his . Persons accused of crime , when he thought them guilty , he would not de- fend at all , or , attempting their defense , he He ...
... declared that , upon careful examination , he found all the authorities on the other side , and none on his . Persons accused of crime , when he thought them guilty , he would not de- fend at all , or , attempting their defense , he He ...
Page 40
... declaration that its intent was " not to legislate slavery into any State or Terri- tory , nor to exclude it therefrom , but to leave the people thereof perfectly free to form and regulate their institutions in their own way , subject ...
... declaration that its intent was " not to legislate slavery into any State or Terri- tory , nor to exclude it therefrom , but to leave the people thereof perfectly free to form and regulate their institutions in their own way , subject ...
Page 41
... declared his opposition to the acceptance of any consti- tution not sanctioned by a formal popular vote . He " did not care , " he said , " whether slavery be voted up or down , " but there - must be a fair vote of the people . Thus ...
... declared his opposition to the acceptance of any consti- tution not sanctioned by a formal popular vote . He " did not care , " he said , " whether slavery be voted up or down , " but there - must be a fair vote of the people . Thus ...
Page 45
... declaration that a house divided against itself cannot stand . as the main objective point of his attack , interpreting it as an incitement to a " re- lentless sectional war , " and there is no doubt that the persistent reiteration of ...
... declaration that a house divided against itself cannot stand . as the main objective point of his attack , interpreting it as an incitement to a " re- lentless sectional war , " and there is no doubt that the persistent reiteration of ...
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