Life of Abraham Lincoln: Presenting His Early History, Political Career, and Speeches in and Out of Congress; Also a General View of His Policy as President of the United States; with His Messages, Proclamations, Letters, Etc., and a History of His Eventful Administration, and of the Scenes Attendant Upon His Tragic and Lamented DemiseLommis National Library Association, 1888 - 842 pages Written in 1864 by a political contemporary, this is a work of nineteenth-century American biographic literature. It contains Lincoln's most masterful speeches and writings, along with a contemporary history of the Civil War. |
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Page 85
... opinion concerning - to involve the two countries in a war , and trusting to escape scrutiny by fixing the public gaze upon the exceeding bright- ness of military glory - that attractive rainbow that rises in showers of blood - that ...
... opinion concerning - to involve the two countries in a war , and trusting to escape scrutiny by fixing the public gaze upon the exceeding bright- ness of military glory - that attractive rainbow that rises in showers of blood - that ...
Page 89
... opinion , but he firmly believed it . In proposing to offer them the contract again , as he had already said , the committee yielded something , viz .: the damage that the Government would have to pay for the breaking up of the present ...
... opinion , but he firmly believed it . In proposing to offer them the contract again , as he had already said , the committee yielded something , viz .: the damage that the Government would have to pay for the breaking up of the present ...
Page 95
... opinion that no such power has been conferred upon Congress . " I introduce this , not to controvert , just now , the Constitu- tional opinion , but to show , that on the question of expediency , Mr. Jefferson's opinion was against the ...
... opinion that no such power has been conferred upon Congress . " I introduce this , not to controvert , just now , the Constitu- tional opinion , but to show , that on the question of expediency , Mr. Jefferson's opinion was against the ...
Page 96
... opinion that the argu- ments of the latter were vastly superior . This is but the opinion of a man ; but who was that man ? He was one of the ablest and most learned lawyers of his age , or of any other age . It is no disparagement to ...
... opinion that the argu- ments of the latter were vastly superior . This is but the opinion of a man ; but who was that man ? He was one of the ablest and most learned lawyers of his age , or of any other age . It is no disparagement to ...
Page 97
... , would he have the Constitution amended ? With him it is a proposition to remove one impediment , merely to be met by others , which , in his opinion , can not be removed - to enable Congress to do what , in 9 LIFE OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN . 97.
... , would he have the Constitution amended ? With him it is a proposition to remove one impediment , merely to be met by others , which , in his opinion , can not be removed - to enable Congress to do what , in 9 LIFE OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN . 97.
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