Abraham Lincoln: His Youth and Early Manhood, with a Brief Account of His Later LifeG. P. Putnam's sons, 1901 - 204 pages |
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... asked to tell what he knew of his father's life , said , " My father , at the time of the death of his father , was but six years old , and he grew up literally without education . " He was a tall , well - built , and muscular man ...
... asked to tell what he knew of his father's life , said , " My father , at the time of the death of his father , was but six years old , and he grew up literally without education . " He was a tall , well - built , and muscular man ...
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... asked the shrewd boy , taking his first lessons in worldly wisdom . ' Wal , I allow , " said the kindly owner of the pre- cious book , " that it won't be much account to me or anybody else now , and the bargain is that you pull fodder ...
... asked the shrewd boy , taking his first lessons in worldly wisdom . ' Wal , I allow , " said the kindly owner of the pre- cious book , " that it won't be much account to me or anybody else now , and the bargain is that you pull fodder ...
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... asking . But in December , early one morning , they heard a loud halloo from the edge of the forest ; and , dashing to the door , they beheld the amazing sight of the returning traveller perched in a four - horse wagon , a pretty - look ...
... asking . But in December , early one morning , they heard a loud halloo from the edge of the forest ; and , dashing to the door , they beheld the amazing sight of the returning traveller perched in a four - horse wagon , a pretty - look ...
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... asked if there were letters for him , the post- master gravely searched through his hat for an answer . But there were newspapers brought to New Salem by this weekly mail , and Lincoln religiously made it his duty to read them all ...
... asked if there were letters for him , the post- master gravely searched through his hat for an answer . But there were newspapers brought to New Salem by this weekly mail , and Lincoln religiously made it his duty to read them all ...
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... asked by his townsmen of New Salem to deliver a eulogy at his burial . The rising young lawyer attempted the grate- ful task , but his voice failed him . The tears ran down his cheeks as he rose to speak , and , overcome with emotion ...
... asked by his townsmen of New Salem to deliver a eulogy at his burial . The rising young lawyer attempted the grate- ful task , but his voice failed him . The tears ran down his cheeks as he rose to speak , and , overcome with emotion ...
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Page 102 - 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 185 - God wills that it continue until all the wealth piled by the bondsman's two hundred and fifty years of unrequited toil shall be sunk, and until every drop of blood drawn with the lash shall be paid by another drawn with the sword, as was said three thousand years ago, so still it must be said that "the judgments of the Lord are true and righteous altogether.
Page 161 - ... commander-in-chief of the army and navy of the United States in time of actual armed rebellion against the authority and government of the United States, and as a fit and necessary war measure for suppressing said rebellion, do, on this first day of January, in the year of our Lord one...
Page 161 - ... order and designate as the States and parts of States wherein the people thereof, respectively, are this day in rebellion against the United States, the following, to wit : Arkansas, Texas, Louisiana, (except the parishes of St.
Page 143 - Apprehension seems to exist among the people of the Southern States, that, by the accession of a Republican Administration, their property and their peace and personal security are to be endangered. There has never been any reasonable cause for such apprehension. Indeed, the most ample evidence to the contrary has all the while existed, and been open to their inspection. It is found in nearly all the published speeches of him who now addresses you.
Page 161 - 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...
Page v - O CAPTAIN! MY CAPTAIN! O CAPTAIN I my Captain ! our fearful trip is done, The ship has weather'd every rack, the prize we sought is won, The port is near, the bells I hear, the people all exulting, While follow eyes the steady keel, the vessel grim and daring; But O heart! heart! heart! 0 the bleeding drops of red, Where on the deck my Captain lies, Fallen cold and dead.
Page 105 - Volunteers — a success which gave me more pleasure than any I have had since.
Page 12 - All that I am, or hope to be, I owe to my angel mother — blessings on her memory!
Page 105 - It was a wild region with many bears and other wild animals still in the woods. There I grew up. There were some schools, so called, but no qualification was ever required of a teacher beyond ' readin', writin', and cipherin"