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... hand at as many of the forms as circumstances will permit . Time has forced me to confine work in the two kinds of letters , the edito- rial , and the after - dinner speech to the class - room , to require a eulogy written outside , and ...
... hand at as many of the forms as circumstances will permit . Time has forced me to confine work in the two kinds of letters , the edito- rial , and the after - dinner speech to the class - room , to require a eulogy written outside , and ...
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... hand , use emotion to induce an attitude of mind in the reader . Letter IX shows how excision of a few words or phrases in a long document may completely change its emotional effect . Letter III a shows how slight , often , is the ...
... hand , use emotion to induce an attitude of mind in the reader . Letter IX shows how excision of a few words or phrases in a long document may completely change its emotional effect . Letter III a shows how slight , often , is the ...
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... hand , accept the responsibility , and assume the duties of the place to which you will surely be chosen , if a candidate . You must not look upon it as the work of the politi- cians . If it comes to you , it will come as the ground ...
... hand , accept the responsibility , and assume the duties of the place to which you will surely be chosen , if a candidate . You must not look upon it as the work of the politi- cians . If it comes to you , it will come as the ground ...
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... hands of friends . Mine occurred in Louisiana when , in 1861 , alone in the midst of a people blinded by supposed 15 wrongs , I resolved to stand by the Union as long as a fragment of it survived to which to cling . Since then , through ...
... hands of friends . Mine occurred in Louisiana when , in 1861 , alone in the midst of a people blinded by supposed 15 wrongs , I resolved to stand by the Union as long as a fragment of it survived to which to cling . Since then , through ...
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George Pierce Baker. - The bordereau already had been for some time in the hands of Colonel Sandherr , director of the bureau of in- formation , who since then has died of general paralysis . " Flights " have taken place ; papers have ...
George Pierce Baker. - The bordereau already had been for some time in the hands of Colonel Sandherr , director of the bureau of in- formation , who since then has died of general paralysis . " Flights " have taken place ; papers have ...
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Page 228 - 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 229 - 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 15 - Union; and what I forbear, I forbear because I do not believe it would help to save the Union. I shall do less whenever I shall believe what I am doing hurts the cause, and I shall do more whenever I shall believe doing more will help the cause.
Page 15 - 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. If there be those who would not save the Union unless they could at the same time save slavery, I do not agree with them. If there be those who would not save the Union unless they could at the same time destroy slavery, I do not agree with...
Page 239 - On the occasion corresponding to this four years ago, all thoughts were anxiously directed to an impending civil war. All dreaded it — all sought to avert it.
Page 235 - At the same time, the candid citizen must confess that if the policy of the Government upon vital questions, affecting the whole people, is to be irrevocably fixed by decisions of the Supreme Court the instant they are made in ordinary litigation between parties in personal actions, the people will have ceased to be their own rulers, having to that extent practically resigned their government into the hands of that eminent tribunal.
Page 232 - 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 15 - If I could save the Union without freeing any slave, I would do it ; if I could save 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. 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 232 - I therefore consider that in view of the Constitution and the laws the Union is unbroken, and to the extent of my ability I shall take care, as the Constitution itself expressly enjoins upon me, that the laws of the Union be faithfully executed in all the States.
Page 239 - 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.