Abraham Lincoln: Complete Works, Comprising His Speeches, Letters, State Papers, and Miscellaneous Writings, Volume 1Century Company, 1907 - United States |
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... speak as plainly as I do . There can be neither harm nor danger in saying to me anything you think , just in the manner you think it . My respects to your sister . Your friend , LINCOLN . April 1 , 1838. - LETTER TO MRS . O. H. BROWNING ...
... speak as plainly as I do . There can be neither harm nor danger in saying to me anything you think , just in the manner you think it . My respects to your sister . Your friend , LINCOLN . April 1 , 1838. - LETTER TO MRS . O. H. BROWNING ...
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... speak- ing of authenticity , you know that if we had heard Douglas say that he had abandoned the contest , it would not be very authentic . There is no news here . Noah , I still think , will be elected very eas- ily . I am afraid of ...
... speak- ing of authenticity , you know that if we had heard Douglas say that he had abandoned the contest , it would not be very authentic . There is no news here . Noah , I still think , will be elected very eas- ily . I am afraid of ...
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... speak , you say you think I was the aggres- I do not think I was . You say my " words imported insult . " I meant them as a fair set - off to your own statements , and not other- wise ; and in that light alone I now wish you to ...
... speak , you say you think I was the aggres- I do not think I was . You say my " words imported insult . " I meant them as a fair set - off to your own statements , and not other- wise ; and in that light alone I now wish you to ...
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... speak of on my account you may attend to as you say , unless you shall hear of my condition forbid- ding it . I say this because I fear I shall be unable to attend to any business here , and a change of scene might help me . If I could ...
... speak of on my account you may attend to as you say , unless you shall hear of my condition forbid- ding it . I say this because I fear I shall be unable to attend to any business here , and a change of scene might help me . If I could ...
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... speak with judgment on such a sub- ject , beseech you to ascribe it to the causes I have mentioned , and not to some false and ruinous suggestion of the Devil . 66 But , " you will say , " do not your causes apply to every one en- gaged ...
... speak with judgment on such a sub- ject , beseech you to ascribe it to the causes I have mentioned , and not to some false and ruinous suggestion of the Devil . 66 But , " you will say , " do not your causes apply to every one en- gaged ...
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Page 265 - 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 625 - Washington, imploring men to unsay what Washington did. Neither let us be slandered from our duty by false accusations against us, nor frightened from it by menaces of destruction to the government, nor of dungeons to ourselves. Let us have faith that right makes might; and in that faith let us to the end dare to do our duty as we understand it.
Page 532 - We are now far into the fifth year since a policy was initiated with the avowed object, and confident promise, of putting an end to slavery agitation. Under the operation of that policy that agitation has not only not ceased, but has constantly augmented. In my opinion, it will not cease until a crisis shall have been reached and passed. " A house divided against itself cannot stand.
Page 539 - Can the people of a United States Territory, in any lawful way, against the wish of any citizen of the United States, exclude slavery from its limits prior to the formation of a State constitution?
Page 446 - 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 421 - Measures, is hereby declared inoperative and void : it being the true intent and meaning of this act, not to legislate slavery into any territory or state, nor to exclude it therefrom, but to leave the people thereof perfectly free to form and regulate their domestic institutions in their own way, subject only to the constitution of the United States...
Page 615 - ... free states? If our sense of duty forbids this, then let us stand by our duty, fearlessly and effectively. Let us be diverted by none of those sophistical contrivances wherewith we are so industriously plied and belabored...
Page 249 - In my opinion, it will not cease until a crisis shall have been reached and passed. '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.
Page 658 - My Friends : No one, not in my situation, can appreciate my feeling of sadness at this parting. To this place, and the kindness of these people, I owe everything. Here I have lived a quarter of a century, and have passed from a young to an old man. Here my children have been born, and one is buried. I now leave, not knowing when or whether ever I may return, with a task before me greater than that which rested upon Washington.
Page 178 - The legitimate object of government is to do for a community of people whatever they need to have done, but cannot do at all, or cannot so well do. for themselves, in their separate and individual capacities.