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... thought of evil . Mr. Lincoln supposed he was receiv- ing a commodity which would be of great value to him in the new regions of Indiana , where distillation had not been at- tempted ; and he doubtless found a ready market for the frac ...
... thought of evil . Mr. Lincoln supposed he was receiv- ing a commodity which would be of great value to him in the new regions of Indiana , where distillation had not been at- tempted ; and he doubtless found a ready market for the frac ...
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... thought of the good Parson Elkin whom they had left in Kentucky ; and Abraham's skill in writing was brought into use in addressing to him a message . His imperfect penmanship had been acquired partly in the schools he had attended ...
... thought of the good Parson Elkin whom they had left in Kentucky ; and Abraham's skill in writing was brought into use in addressing to him a message . His imperfect penmanship had been acquired partly in the schools he had attended ...
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... messages to their friends . In the composition of these letters his early habits of putting the thoughts of others as well as his own into language were formed . The exercise was , indeed , as good 30 LIFE OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN .
... messages to their friends . In the composition of these letters his early habits of putting the thoughts of others as well as his own into language were formed . The exercise was , indeed , as good 30 LIFE OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN .
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... thought in language . Much of his subsequent power as a writer and speaker was undoubt- edly traceable to this early ... thoughts which it excited , as revealed by himself in a speech made to the New Jersey Senate , while on his way to ...
... thought in language . Much of his subsequent power as a writer and speaker was undoubt- edly traceable to this early ... thoughts which it excited , as revealed by himself in a speech made to the New Jersey Senate , while on his way to ...
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... thought about getting home , where he arrived at last , battered , but ready for further service . At the age of nineteen , Abraham made his second essay in navigation , and this time caught something more than a glimpse of the great ...
... thought about getting home , where he arrived at last , battered , but ready for further service . At the age of nineteen , Abraham made his second essay in navigation , and this time caught something more than a glimpse of the great ...
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Page 279 - Resolved, that the maintenance inviolate of the rights of the States, and especially the right of each State to order and control its own domestic institutions according to its own judgment exclusively...
Page 282 - 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.
Page 504 - With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right as God gives us to see the right, let us strive...
Page 315 - Must a government, of necessity, be too strong for the liberties of its own people, or too weak to maintain its own existence?" So viewing the issue, no choice was left but to call out the war power of the Government ; and so to resist force employed for its destruction, by force for its preservation.
Page 503 - Both parties deprecated war, but one of them would make war rather than let the nation survive, and the other would accept war rather than let it perish, and the war came.
Page 504 - If we shall suppose that American slavery is one of those offenses which, in the providence of God, must needs come, but which, having continued through His appointed time, He now wills to remove, and that He gives to both North and South this terrible war as the woe due to those by whom the offense came, shall we discern therein any departure from those divine attributes which the believers in a living God always ascribe to Him?
Page 315 - And this issue embraces more than the fate of these United States. It presents to the whole family of man the question whether a constitutional republic or democracy — a government of the people by the same people — can or cannot maintain its territorial integrity against its own domestic foes.
Page 283 - I do not forget the position assumed by some, that constitutional questions are to be decided by the Supreme Court, nor do I deny that such decisions must be binding, in any case, upon the parties to a suit, as to the object of that suit, while they are also entitled to very high respect and consideration in all parallel cases by all other departments of the Government...
Page 279 - I have no purpose, directly or indirectly, to interfere with the institution of slavery in the States where it exists. I believe I have no lawful right to do so, and I have no inclination to do so.
Page 165 - We cannot absolutely know that all these exact adaptations are the result of preconcert. But when we see a lot of framed timbers, different portions of which we know have been gotten out at different times and places and by different workmen — Stephen, Franklin, Roger, and James, for instance...