Abraham Lincoln: His Life and Public ServicesB.B. Russell, 1865 - 216 pages |
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... friend of his mother , a travelling preacher , whom he desired to come and preach her funeral sermon . Parson Elkins did not receive the letter for some three months ; but then he hastened to Indiana , and the neighbors again assem ...
... friend of his mother , a travelling preacher , whom he desired to come and preach her funeral sermon . Parson Elkins did not receive the letter for some three months ; but then he hastened to Indiana , and the neighbors again assem ...
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... friend , he expressed regret that care and business had so long hin- dered him from performing this duty . He will never perform it . Instead of going to her grave , he has gone to her ; and blissful beyond human computation must have ...
... friend , he expressed regret that care and business had so long hin- dered him from performing this duty . He will never perform it . Instead of going to her grave , he has gone to her ; and blissful beyond human computation must have ...
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His Life and Public Services Phebe Ann Hanaford. friend as well as a step - mother sprang up a devoted at- tachment ; and she ever acted as if she said to him in tender tones of ardent sympathy , using the words of Mrs. Welby , " Child ...
His Life and Public Services Phebe Ann Hanaford. friend as well as a step - mother sprang up a devoted at- tachment ; and she ever acted as if she said to him in tender tones of ardent sympathy , using the words of Mrs. Welby , " Child ...
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... friend stood by his side . He was alone in poverty ; and yet not all alone . There was God above , who watches all , and does not desert the lowly . Simple in life and manners , and knowing nothing of form or ceremony , with a village ...
... friend stood by his side . He was alone in poverty ; and yet not all alone . There was God above , who watches all , and does not desert the lowly . Simple in life and manners , and knowing nothing of form or ceremony , with a village ...
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... friend Eckerman : " Each bon - mot . has cost me a purse of gold : half a million of my own money , the fortune I inherited , my salary , and the large income I have derived from my writings for fifty years back , have been expended to ...
... friend Eckerman : " Each bon - mot . has cost me a purse of gold : half a million of my own money , the fortune I inherited , my salary , and the large income I have derived from my writings for fifty years back , have been expended to ...
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Page 191 - Neither party expected for the war the magnitude or the duration which it has already attained. Neither anticipated that the cause of the conflict might cease with, or even before, the conflict itself should cease. Each looked for an easier triumph, and a result less fundamental and astounding.
Page 143 - And I hereby enjoin upon the people so declared to be free to abstain from all violence, unless in necessary self-defence ; and I recommend to them that, in all cases when allowed, they labor faithfully for reasonable wages. And I further declare and make known that such persons, of suitable condition, will be received into the armed service of the United States to garrison forts, positions, stations, and other places, and to man vessels of all sorts in said service.
Page 9 - God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty; and base things of the world, and things which are despised hath God chosen, yea, and things which are not, to bring to nought things that are: that no flesh should glory in his presence.
Page 146 - I have here stated my purpose according to my view of official duty, and I intend no modification of my oft-expressed personal wish that all men, every-where, could be free.
Page 138 - ... that on the first day of january in the year of our lord one thousand eight hundred and sixtythree all persons held as slaves within any state or designated part of a state the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the united states shall be then thenceforward and forever free...
Page 191 - One-eighth of the whole population were colored slaves, not distributed generally over the Union, but localized in the Southern part of it. These slaves constituted a peculiar and powerful interest. All knew that this interest was somehow the cause of the war.
Page 190 - At this second appearing to take the oath of the presidential office, there is less occasion for an extended address than there was at the first. Then a statement, somewhat in detail, of a course to be pursued, seemed fitting and proper. Now, at the expiration of four years, during which public declarations have been constantly called forth on every point and phase of the great contest which still absorbs the attention and engrosses...
Page 116 - OF THE UNITED STATES: In compliance with a custom as old as the government itself, I appear before you to address you briefly, and to take in your presence the oath prescribed by the Constitution of the United States to be taken by the President "before he enters on the execution of his office." I do not consider it necessary at present for me to discuss those matters of administration about which there is no special anxiety or excitement. Apprehension seems to exist among the people of the Southern...
Page 143 - And I further declare and make known that such persons of suitable condition will be received into the armed service of the United States to garrison forts, positions, stations, and other places, and to man vessels of all sorts in said service. And upon this act, sincerely believed to be an act of justice, warranted by the Constitution upon* military necessity, I invoke the considerate judgment of mankind and the gracious favor of Almighty God.
Page 121 - I trust this will not be regarded as a menace, but only as the 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 National authority.