Abraham Lincoln and His Presidency, Volume 1Robert Clarke Company, 1903 |
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... practiced penmanship in a copy - book or on blank leaves , apparently furnished him by Mr. Jones or some one else from an old ledger . Among the latter exercises were eight lines , of which Mr. Herndon says : Nothing indicates that they ...
... practiced penmanship in a copy - book or on blank leaves , apparently furnished him by Mr. Jones or some one else from an old ledger . Among the latter exercises were eight lines , of which Mr. Herndon says : Nothing indicates that they ...
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... em- ploying his spare time not only in improving his general education , but also in preparation for law practice . He was depressed by some unpleasant vicissitudes , such as the POSTMASTER , SURVEYOR , LEGISLATOR . 39.
... em- ploying his spare time not only in improving his general education , but also in preparation for law practice . He was depressed by some unpleasant vicissitudes , such as the POSTMASTER , SURVEYOR , LEGISLATOR . 39.
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... practice at Springfield as partner of Major John T. Stuart in the following spring , his residence there beginning ( as he said to the writer in 1860 ) " on the 15th of April . " Boarding with William Butler , afterward State Treasurer ...
... practice at Springfield as partner of Major John T. Stuart in the following spring , his residence there beginning ( as he said to the writer in 1860 ) " on the 15th of April . " Boarding with William Butler , afterward State Treasurer ...
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... practice as then prevalent also occupied several weeks each year in making the rounds of the dozen other coun- ties of the Eighth District , judges and lawyers travel- ing mainly by private conveyance . Roads were bad and tavern ...
... practice as then prevalent also occupied several weeks each year in making the rounds of the dozen other coun- ties of the Eighth District , judges and lawyers travel- ing mainly by private conveyance . Roads were bad and tavern ...
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... practice involved few weighty questions or heavy stakes , and brought him scanty fees . Recalling his three or four years of intimate associa- tion with him , beginning in 1837 , Mr. Speed said Lin- coln " was a social man , though he ...
... practice involved few weighty questions or heavy stakes , and brought him scanty fees . Recalling his three or four years of intimate associa- tion with him , beginning in 1837 , Mr. Speed said Lin- coln " was a social man , though he ...
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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 280 - In doing this there need be no bloodshed or violence ; and there shall be none, unless it be forced upon the National authority. 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...
Page 324 - This is essentially a people's contest. On the side of the Union it is a struggle for maintaining in the world that form and substance of government whose leading object is to elevate the condition of men; to lift artificial weights from all shoulders; to clear the paths of laudable pursuit for all; to afford all an unfettered start and a fair chance in the race of life.
Page 280 - 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 159 - 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...
Page 280 - The course here indicated will be followed, unless current events and experience shall show a modification or change to be proper...
Page 322 - 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 159 - 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 it forward till it shall become alike lawful in all the States, old as well as new, North as well as South.
Page 281 - Constitution unimpaired, and, on the sensitive point, the laws of your own framing under it; while the new Administration will have no immediate power, if it would, to change either. If it were admitted that you who are dissatisfied hold the right side in the dispute, there still is no single good reason for precipitate action. Intelligence, patriotism, Christianity, and a firm reliance on Him who has never yet forsaken this favored land are still competent to adjust in the best way all our present...
Page 269 - I have never had a feeling, politically, that did not spring from the sentiments embodied in the Declaration of Independence.