Life of Abraham Lincoln: Presenting His Early History, Political Career, and Speeches in and Out of Congress; Also, a General View of His Policy as President of the United States; with His Messages, Proclamations, Letters, Etc., and a History of His Eventful Administration, and of the Scenes Attendant Upon His Tragic and Lamented Demise |
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... less than by birth . In those days there were no common schools in that country . The principal reliance for acquiring the rudiments of learning was the same as that to which the peasant - poet of Ayrshire was indebted . Education was ...
... less than by birth . In those days there were no common schools in that country . The principal reliance for acquiring the rudiments of learning was the same as that to which the peasant - poet of Ayrshire was indebted . Education was ...
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... less than since , Abraham Lincoln had an honor- able conscientiousness , integrity , industry , and an ardent love of knowledge . The town on the Ohio river , nearest his home , was Troy , the capital of Perry county down to the date of ...
... less than since , Abraham Lincoln had an honor- able conscientiousness , integrity , industry , and an ardent love of knowledge . The town on the Ohio river , nearest his home , was Troy , the capital of Perry county down to the date of ...
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... less than twelve years old , and a son two years younger , of whose future distinction , even with a mother's fondness , she probably had but an indefinite hope . A grave was made for her- " Where the wind of the West breathes its ...
... less than twelve years old , and a son two years younger , of whose future distinction , even with a mother's fondness , she probably had but an indefinite hope . A grave was made for her- " Where the wind of the West breathes its ...
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... less than in his physical proportions , one not to be forgotten or unappreciated by those who knew him . Many reminiscences of those days of his hardy endeavor and rough experience linger in the minds of the plain , earnest people among ...
... less than in his physical proportions , one not to be forgotten or unappreciated by those who knew him . Many reminiscences of those days of his hardy endeavor and rough experience linger in the minds of the plain , earnest people among ...
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... less dig- nified than it really was - that Mr. Douglas tauntingly alluded , in one of his speeches during the canvass of 1858 , as keep- ing a grocery . " In his reply , Mr. Lincoln declared his adversary to be " woefully at fault " as ...
... less dig- nified than it really was - that Mr. Douglas tauntingly alluded , in one of his speeches during the canvass of 1858 , as keep- ing a grocery . " In his reply , Mr. Lincoln declared his adversary to be " woefully at fault " as ...
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Page 398 - 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 — "the Union as it was.
Page 398 - If I could save the Union without freeing any slave, I would do it; and if I could do it by freeing all the slaves, I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing some and leaving others alone, I would also do that.
Page 211 - 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 445 - I, , do solemnly swear, in presence of Almighty God, that I will henceforth faithfully support, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States and the Union of the States thereunder...
Page 205 - Continue to execute all the express provisions of our national Constitution, and the Union will endure forever — it being impossible to destroy it except by some action not provided for in the instrument itself.
Page 206 - It was matured and continued by the Declaration of Independence in 1776. It was further matured, and the faith of all the then thirteen States expressly plighted and engaged that it should be perpetual, by the Articles of Confederation in 1778. And, finally, in 1787 one of the declared objects for ordaining and establishing the Constitution was "to form a more perfect Union.
Page 398 - 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 126 - But if the Negro is a man, is it not to that extent a total destruction of self-government to say that he too shall not govern himself? When the white man governs himself, that is self-government; but when he governs himself and also governs another man, that is more than self-government— that is despotism. If the Negro is a man, why then my ancient faith teaches me that "all men are created equal," and that there can be no moral right in connection with one man's making a slave of another.
Page 219 - Our new Government is founded upon exactly the opposite ideas; its foundations are laid, its corner-stone rests upon, the great truth that the negro is not equal to the white man; that slavery, subordination to the superior race, is his natural and normal condition.
Page 206 - 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.