Anecdotes of Public Men, Volume 1Harper, 1873 - Statesmen |
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Page 40
... Lincoln was dying from the pistol - shot of Booth . [ March 5 , 1871. ] IX . CIRCUMSTANCE often controls men as inexorably as con- science . Many a Confederate would have been a Radical if he had lived in the North , just as many a ...
... Lincoln was dying from the pistol - shot of Booth . [ March 5 , 1871. ] IX . CIRCUMSTANCE often controls men as inexorably as con- science . Many a Confederate would have been a Radical if he had lived in the North , just as many a ...
Page 62
... Lincoln , a little more than a twelvemonth . I knew him well . He was as gen- erous as he was brave ; as gentle as he was sincere . A de- voted friend , a chivalric foe , he has left a record honorable to himself , his posterity , and ...
... Lincoln , a little more than a twelvemonth . I knew him well . He was as gen- erous as he was brave ; as gentle as he was sincere . A de- voted friend , a chivalric foe , he has left a record honorable to himself , his posterity , and ...
Page 75
... Lincoln himself . Nothing was spared to add to the interest of these symposia . We had speeches and recitations , vocal and instru- mental music , all adding to the main objective point - the awakening of an enthusiasm for the assailed ...
... Lincoln himself . Nothing was spared to add to the interest of these symposia . We had speeches and recitations , vocal and instru- mental music , all adding to the main objective point - the awakening of an enthusiasm for the assailed ...
Page 86
... Lincoln was a character by himself , incomparable and unique . He was among the saddest of humanity , and yet his sense of the ridiculous was so keen that it bore him up from difficulties that would have broken down almost any other man ...
... Lincoln was a character by himself , incomparable and unique . He was among the saddest of humanity , and yet his sense of the ridiculous was so keen that it bore him up from difficulties that would have broken down almost any other man ...
Page 92
... Lincoln , Stephen A. Douglas , Stonewall Jackson , James Buchanan , Edward D. Baker , Howell Cobb , John B. Floyd , Lewis Cass , Owen Love- joy , were living ; they have since gone before the Great Judge , and have answered for all ...
... Lincoln , Stephen A. Douglas , Stonewall Jackson , James Buchanan , Edward D. Baker , Howell Cobb , John B. Floyd , Lewis Cass , Owen Love- joy , were living ; they have since gone before the Great Judge , and have answered for all ...
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