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... honor of William H. Seward , then deceased , Adams said : Let me not be understood as desiring to say a word in a ... honors that clearly belong to another . I must then affirm , without hesitation that , in the history of our Gov ...
... honor of William H. Seward , then deceased , Adams said : Let me not be understood as desiring to say a word in a ... honors that clearly belong to another . I must then affirm , without hesitation that , in the history of our Gov ...
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... honor that was presently to come to him as an honor that was his due . For thirty years he had been in politics , and he was re- garded as one of the finest types of American manhood in politi- cal life . To be sure , he was short in ...
... honor that was presently to come to him as an honor that was his due . For thirty years he had been in politics , and he was re- garded as one of the finest types of American manhood in politi- cal life . To be sure , he was short in ...
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... honor of William H. Seward , that his loyalty in that crisis gave to the Lincoln nomination its first assurance of the united support of the whole party . Seward's reply to the letter already quoted from the Re- * North American Review ...
... honor of William H. Seward , that his loyalty in that crisis gave to the Lincoln nomination its first assurance of the united support of the whole party . Seward's reply to the letter already quoted from the Re- * North American Review ...
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... honor . He began his duties as secretary of state with unabated confi- dence that the salvation of the nation depended upon his wis- dom . He did not fail to let the president know how much greater man he was than he believed the ...
... honor . He began his duties as secretary of state with unabated confi- dence that the salvation of the nation depended upon his wis- dom . He did not fail to let the president know how much greater man he was than he believed the ...
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... honor . He answered the letter on the very day on which it was received . He calmly and definitively in- formed his subordinate that he himself was , and intended to be , the president ; and then he pocketed Mr. Seward's communica- tion ...
... honor . He answered the letter on the very day on which it was received . He calmly and definitively in- formed his subordinate that he himself was , and intended to be , the president ; and then he pocketed Mr. Seward's communica- tion ...
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Page 13 - 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 147 - The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew and act anew.
Page 489 - It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us...
Page 318 - Fondly do we hope, fervently do we pray, that this mighty scourge of war may speedily pass away. Yet, if God wills that it continue until all the wealth piled by the bondsman's two hundred and fifty years...
Page 389 - I shall have the most solemn one to preserve, protect, and defend it/ "I am loath to close. We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained, it must not break our bonds of affection. The mystic chords of memory, stretching from every battlefield and patriot grave to every living heart and hearthstone all over this broad land, will yet swell the chorus of the Union when again touched, as surely they will be, by the better angels of our nature.
Page 488 - But in a larger sense we cannot dedicate, we cannot consecrate, we cannot hallow this ground. The brave men living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it far above our power to add or detract. The world will little note nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here.
Page 141 - I may believe to be falsely drawn I do not now and here argue against them. If there be perceptible in it, an impatient and dictatorial tone, I waive it, in deference to an old friend, whose heart I have always supposed to be right. As to the policy 'I seem to be pursuing,' as you say, I have not meant to leave any one in doubt.
Page 493 - Now we are engaged in a great civil war testing whether that nation or any nation so conceived and so dedicated can long endure. We are met on a great battlefield of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live.
Page 266 - Must I shoot a simpleminded soldier boy who deserts, while I must not touch a hair of a wily agitator who induces him to desert?
Page 14 - 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.