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... friends who fully appreciated his character . Many of his acts were misunderstood and his most intimate friends some- times distrusted him . It is not strange , then , that his biographies are too often one - sided and inaccurate ...
... friends who fully appreciated his character . Many of his acts were misunderstood and his most intimate friends some- times distrusted him . It is not strange , then , that his biographies are too often one - sided and inaccurate ...
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... friends to bewail his departure . In Indiana , the Mecca of their pilgrimage , this for- lorn family could look forward to no friendly wel- come , nor even to a comfortable home . When they arrived , they were compelled to camp out ...
... friends to bewail his departure . In Indiana , the Mecca of their pilgrimage , this for- lorn family could look forward to no friendly wel- come , nor even to a comfortable home . When they arrived , they were compelled to camp out ...
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... friend , with tears in his eyes : " All that I am or hope to be I owe to my angel mother - blessings on her memory . " In the autumn of the same year , Mr. Lincoln returned to his old ... friends says that Abe was accus- 28 ABRAHAM LINCOLN .
... friend , with tears in his eyes : " All that I am or hope to be I owe to my angel mother - blessings on her memory . " In the autumn of the same year , Mr. Lincoln returned to his old ... friends says that Abe was accus- 28 ABRAHAM LINCOLN .
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... friends . whenever he could secure an audience , but he seized every opportunity to listen to speeches . In those days , the courts were literally circuit courts , the judge and lawyers riding on horseback from one county - seat to ...
... friends . whenever he could secure an audience , but he seized every opportunity to listen to speeches . In those days , the courts were literally circuit courts , the judge and lawyers riding on horseback from one county - seat to ...
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... friends . He generally wrote with a humorous vein , and frequently directed his jokes against the failings of his friends . He was specially inclined to rhythmical composition , and pos- sessed a rude talent in stringing together ...
... friends . He generally wrote with a humorous vein , and frequently directed his jokes against the failings of his friends . He was specially inclined to rhythmical composition , and pos- sessed a rude talent in stringing together ...
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Page 198 - It follows from these views that no State upon its own mere motion can lawfully get out of the Union; that resolves and ordinances to that effect are legally void; and that acts of violence, within any State or States, against the authority of the United States, are insurrectionary or revolutionary, according to circumstances.
Page 314 - 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 185 - I have often inquired of myself what great principle or idea it was that kept this Confederacy so long together. It was not the mere matter of the separation of the Colonies from the mother-land, but that sentiment in the Declaration of Independence which gave liberty, not alone to the people of this country, but, I hope, to the world, for all future time.
Page 200 - If there be an object to hurry any of you in hot haste to a step which you would never take deliberately, that object will be frustrated by taking time; but no good object can be frustrated by it. Such of you as are now dissatisfied still have the old Constitution unimpaired...
Page 315 - 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 bondsman's two hundred and fifty years...
Page 315 - Both read the same Bible and pray to the same God, and each invokes His aid against the other. It may seem strange that any men should dare to ask a just God's assistance in wringing their bread from the sweat of other men's faces, but let us judge not, that we be not judged. The prayer of both could not be answered. That of neither has been answered fully. The Almighty has His own purposes. Woe unto the world because of offences, for it must needs be that offences come, but woe to that man by whom...
Page 247 - The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew and act anew.
Page 236 - 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 in 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 200 - My countrymen, one and all, think calmly and well upon this whole subject Nothing valuable can be lost by taking time. If there be an object to hurry any of you in hot haste to a step which you would never take deliberately, that object will be frustrated by taking time; but no good object can be frustrated by it...
Page 198 - Doing this I deem to be only a simple duty on my part ; and I shall perform it, so far as practicable, unless my rightful masters, the American people, shall withhold the requisite means, or, in some authoritative manner, direct the contrary. I trust this will not be regarded as a menace, but only as a declared purpose of the Union that it will constitutionally defend and maintain itself. "In doing this, there need be no bloodshed or violence; and there shall be none, unless it be forced upon the...