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... does not challenge criticism ; it fulfills the end of its being if it presents facts and incidents in a manner not altogether barren of interest . It is believed that the following biographical sketch of ABRAHAM ( xi )
... does not challenge criticism ; it fulfills the end of its being if it presents facts and incidents in a manner not altogether barren of interest . It is believed that the following biographical sketch of ABRAHAM ( xi )
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... interest . The moral need not be insisted on , and this instance is not out of the order of Abraham Lincoln's whole life . That the old neighbors and friends of such a man should regard him with an affection and faith little short of ...
... interest . The moral need not be insisted on , and this instance is not out of the order of Abraham Lincoln's whole life . That the old neighbors and friends of such a man should regard him with an affection and faith little short of ...
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... interests of public education , and favored low salaries for public officials . In whatever pertained to the local benefit of his own county , he was active and careful ; but his record on this subject is of little interest to the ...
... interests of public education , and favored low salaries for public officials . In whatever pertained to the local benefit of his own county , he was active and careful ; but his record on this subject is of little interest to the ...
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... interest . There were no exciting questions , and Mr. Lincoln's speeches were few and brief . He was twice the candidate ( in 1838 and 1840 ) of the Whig minority for Speaker of the House . In 1836 , when Lincoln was first re - elected ...
... interest . There were no exciting questions , and Mr. Lincoln's speeches were few and brief . He was twice the candidate ( in 1838 and 1840 ) of the Whig minority for Speaker of the House . In 1836 , when Lincoln was first re - elected ...
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... interests he has conscientiously acted . When in the practice of the law he was never known to undertake a cause which he be- lieved founded in wrong and injustice . " You are not strictly in the right , " he said to a person who once ...
... interests he has conscientiously acted . When in the practice of the law he was never known to undertake a cause which he be- lieved founded in wrong and injustice . " You are not strictly in the right , " he said to a person who once ...
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Lives and Speeches of Abraham Lincoln and Hannibal Hamlin William Dean Howells,John L. Hayes Limited preview - 2000 |
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Page 347 - Truth, crushed to earth, shall rise again; The eternal years of God are hers; But Error, wounded, writhes in pain, And dies among his worshippers.
Page 100 - 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 239 - 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 243 - ... the right of property in a slave is distinctly and expressly affirmed in the Constitution.
Page 216 - I hold that, notwithstanding all this, there is no reason in the world why the negro is not entitled to all the natural rights enumerated in the Declaration of Independence — the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. I hold that he is as much entitled to these as the white man.
Page 217 - I will say in addition to this that there is a physical difference between the white and black races which I believe will forever forbid the two races living together on terms of social and political equality.
Page 181 - This they said, and this they meant. They did not mean to assert the obvious untruth that all were then actually enjoying that equality, nor yet that they were about to confer it immediately upon them. In fact, they had no power to confer such a boon. They meant simply to declare the right, so that enforcement of it might follow as fast as circumstances should permit.
Page 202 - But you say you are conservative — eminently conservative — while we are revolutionary, destructive, or something of the sort. What is conservatism? Is it not adherence to the old and tried, against the new and untried? We stick to, contend for, the identical old policy on the point in controversy which was adopted by "our fathers who framed the government under which we live...
Page 189 - It is this : Does the proper division of local from Federal authority, or anything in the Constitution, forbid our Federal Government to control as to slavery in our Federal Territories ? " Upon this, Senator Douglas holds the affirmative, and Republicans the negative.
Page 194 - ... their oath to support the Constitution, would have constrained them to oppose the prohibition. Again, George Washington, another of the "thirty-nine...