Abraham LincolnM. Ward, 1879 - 246 pages |
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... thought was simply to obey the people . It is of course impossible to give within the limits of a small book all the details of a busy life , and also the history of the American Emancipation and its causes ; but I trust that I have ...
... thought was simply to obey the people . It is of course impossible to give within the limits of a small book all the details of a busy life , and also the history of the American Emancipation and its causes ; but I trust that I have ...
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... thought he was temperate to a fault . Meanwhile , as the youth grew apace , the neigh- bouring village of Gentryville had grown with him . Books and cultivated society became more accessible . The great man of the place was a Mr. Jones ...
... thought he was temperate to a fault . Meanwhile , as the youth grew apace , the neigh- bouring village of Gentryville had grown with him . Books and cultivated society became more accessible . The great man of the place was a Mr. Jones ...
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... thought he could subdue another . " A Mr. Green , who became his fellow - clerk , declares that his talk now showed that he was beginning to think of " a great life and a great destiny . " He busied himself very much with debating clubs ...
... thought he could subdue another . " A Mr. Green , who became his fellow - clerk , declares that his talk now showed that he was beginning to think of " a great life and a great destiny . " He busied himself very much with debating clubs ...
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... thought it a forgery , and were rushing with fury upon the defenceless old savage , when Captain Lincoln bounded between them and their appointed victim . Men , " said he , and his voice for a moment stilled the agitation around him ...
... thought it a forgery , and were rushing with fury upon the defenceless old savage , when Captain Lincoln bounded between them and their appointed victim . Men , " said he , and his voice for a moment stilled the agitation around him ...
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... thought of becoming a blacksmith , but as an opportunity occurred of buying a store in New Salem on credit , he became , in company with a man named Berry , a country merchant , or trader . He showed little wisdom in associating himself ...
... thought of becoming a blacksmith , but as an opportunity occurred of buying a store in New Salem on credit , he became , in company with a man named Berry , a country merchant , or trader . He showed little wisdom in associating himself ...
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Abraham Lincoln: And the Abolition of Slavery in the United States (Classic ... Charles Godfrey Leland No preview available - 2017 |
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Page 127 - And by virtue of the power and for the purpose aforesaid, I do order and declare that all persons held as slaves within said designated States and parts of States are, and henceforward shall be, free; and that the Executive Government of the United States, including the military and naval authorities thereof, will recognize and maintain the freedom of said persons.
Page 126 - ... be in rebellion against the United States ; and the fact that. any State or the people thereof shall on that day be in good faith represented in the Congress of the United States by members chosen thereto at elections wherein a majority of the qualified voters of such...
Page 126 - States, shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free; and the Executive Government of the United States, including the military and naval authority thereof, will recognize and maintain the freedom of such persons, and will do no act or acts to repress such persons or any of them, in any efforts they may make for their actual freedom.
Page 128 - And I hereby enjoin upon the people so declared to be free to abstain from all violence, unless in necessary self-defense; and I recommend to them that, in all cases when allowed, they labor faithfully for reasonable wages. And I further declare and make known, that such persons of suitable condition, will be received into the armed service of the United States to garrison forts, positions, stations, and other places, and to man vessels of all sorts in said service.
Page 98 - 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 208 - 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.
Page 75 - We are now far into the fifth year since a policy was initiated with the avowed object and confident promise of putting an end to slavery agitation. Under the operation of that policy, that agitation has not only not ceased, but has constantly augmented. In my opinion, it will not cease until a crisis shall have been reached and passed. 'A house divided against itself cannot stand.
Page 127 - ... order and designate, as the States and parts of States wherein the people thereof respectively are this day in rebellion against the United States...
Page 76 - A house divided against itself cannot stand." I believe this government cannot endure, permanently, half slave and half free. 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 the course of ultimate extinction, or its advocates will push...
Page 99 - 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.