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... I could see the little feller when he waked up . An ' Tom had to get up and tend him . Nancy let me hold him purty soon . ' And when asked if Abe was a good- looking baby , he said : " Well now , he looked jist like any other AN INTERVIEW.
... I could see the little feller when he waked up . An ' Tom had to get up and tend him . Nancy let me hold him purty soon . ' And when asked if Abe was a good- looking baby , he said : " Well now , he looked jist like any other AN INTERVIEW.
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... looking into it . He relates the visitation in this wise : " One day , " he says , " a man who was migrating to the West drove up in front of the store with a wagon which con- tained his family and household plun- der . He asked me if I ...
... looking into it . He relates the visitation in this wise : " One day , " he says , " a man who was migrating to the West drove up in front of the store with a wagon which con- tained his family and household plun- der . He asked me if I ...
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... looking out beyond the person he talked to or the scene he looked at - looking out beyond to you and to me , and to " our children , and our children's children , and to the countless myriads that shall inhabit the earth in all ages ...
... looking out beyond the person he talked to or the scene he looked at - looking out beyond to you and to me , and to " our children , and our children's children , and to the countless myriads that shall inhabit the earth in all ages ...
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... looking out to his vision , and back to the idea that gave rise to it , that was the paramount bur- den of this great soul , and not the burden that the South laid upon him . For in doing so he bore their burden as he bore ours . And as ...
... looking out to his vision , and back to the idea that gave rise to it , that was the paramount bur- den of this great soul , and not the burden that the South laid upon him . For in doing so he bore their burden as he bore ours . And as ...
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... looking after us . And as heat is just as essential to our crops as fertility of soil , seeing that it came from the sun , we got the idea that it was looking after us also . And as moisture is just as essential as heat , we said it was ...
... looking after us . And as heat is just as essential to our crops as fertility of soil , seeing that it came from the sun , we got the idea that it was looking after us also . And as moisture is just as essential as heat , we said it was ...
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Page 100 - Then the steward said within himself, What shall I do? for my lord taketh away from me the stewardship: I cannot dig: to beg I am ashamed. I am resolved what to do, that, when I am put out of the stewardship, they may receive me into their houses.
Page 74 - And he answering said to his father, Lo, these many years do I serve thee, neither transgressed I at any time thy commandment; and yet thou never gavest me a kid that I might make merry with my friends: but as soon as this thy son was come, which hath devoured thy living with harlots, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf.
Page 42 - I shall have the most solemn one to "preserve, protect, and defend it." I am loath to close. We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained it must not break our bonds of affection. The mystic chords of memory, stretching from every battlefield and patriot grave to every living heart and hearthstone all over this broad land, will yet swell the chorus of the Union, when again touched, as surely they will be, by the better angels of our nature.
Page 96 - His lord answered and said unto him, Thou wicked and slothful servant, thou knewest that I reap where I sowed not, and gather where I have not strawed: thou oughtest therefore to have put my money to the exchangers, and then at my coming I should have received mine own with usury.
Page 95 - His lord said unto him, Well done, good and faithful servant; thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.
Page 94 - And unto one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one ; to every man according to his several ability ; and straightway took his journey.
Page 99 - And he said also unto his disciples ; There was a certain rich man which had a steward ; and the same was accused unto him that he had wasted his goods. And he called him and said unto him ; How is it that I hear this of thee ? give an account of thy stewardship ; for thou mayest be no longer steward.
Page 107 - So those servants went out into the highways, and gathered together all as many as they found both bad and good: and the wedding was furnished with guests.
Page 83 - Some fell upon stony places, where they had not much earth ; and forthwith they sprung up, because they had no deepness of earth : and when the sun was up, they were scorched ; and because they had no root, they withered away.
Page 44 - My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not either to save or to destroy slavery. If I could save the Union without freeing any slave, 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.