Life of Abraham Lincoln: For the Young Man and the Sabbath SchoolWestern Tract and Book Society, 1868 - 200 pages |
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... principle , he could not and would not defend the wrong . He not only would not lie for any man or any cause , but he would have nothing to do with a cause for the main- tenance of which it was necessary for any body to lie . During the ...
... principle , he could not and would not defend the wrong . He not only would not lie for any man or any cause , but he would have nothing to do with a cause for the main- tenance of which it was necessary for any body to lie . During the ...
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... principles , touched the Plymouth Rock . From that day began the growth of two hostile systems on American soil - incongruous and antagonistic as fire and water — each intolerant of the life of the other . The conflict began and ...
... principles , touched the Plymouth Rock . From that day began the growth of two hostile systems on American soil - incongruous and antagonistic as fire and water — each intolerant of the life of the other . The conflict began and ...
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... principles of the Puritans gathered clearness and strength in the rugged hills of the North , while the dark spirit of slav- ery spread and intensified its hideous reign along the malarious levels of the southern coast . When the war of ...
... principles of the Puritans gathered clearness and strength in the rugged hills of the North , while the dark spirit of slav- ery spread and intensified its hideous reign along the malarious levels of the southern coast . When the war of ...
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... principle , had become the leader and champion of the slave power . He led in the contest which resulted in the violation of the compact between the free and slave States , known as the Missouri Compromise , and had much to do in ...
... principle , had become the leader and champion of the slave power . He led in the contest which resulted in the violation of the compact between the free and slave States , known as the Missouri Compromise , and had much to do in ...
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... principles involved in the Golden Rule , was a work which aroused all the enthusiasm of his nature , and armed anew ... principle of popular sovereignty . " He maintained that this Government was instituted solely for the benefit of ...
... principles involved in the Golden Rule , was a work which aroused all the enthusiasm of his nature , and armed anew ... principle of popular sovereignty . " He maintained that this Government was instituted solely for the benefit of ...
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Abraham Lincoln afterward Almighty American civil war army assassin battle became BLACK HAWK WAR bless broken fetters cabin called cast cause CHAPTER Christian coln confidence death defeat Douglas Dred Scott election Executive Government eyes father Ford's Theater freedmen freedom friends God's Government hand heart honesty honor hope human hundred thousand Illinois James Buchanan Jesus justice knew labor lady land lawyer liberty LINCOLN AND SLAVERY Lincoln replied LINCOLN STORIES little Abe lived looked Lord McClellan ment mind moral mother named nation neighbors never night ox-wagon pardon party passed patriot pleasure political Pres President principle pro-slavery rebel rebellion Republican RETRIBUTIVE JUSTICE river Sangamon River Savior seized slave power slaves soldiers sorrow sought spirit Springfield success tears theater tion toil took traitorous triumph truth Union Union armies woods young
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Page 147 - And by virtue of the power and for the purpose aforesaid, I do order and declare that all persons held as slaves within said designated States and parts of States are, and henceforward shall be free ; and that the Executive Government of the United States, including the military and naval authorities thereof, will recognize and maintain the freedom of said persons.
Page 148 - 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 154 - 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.
Page 88 - In your hands, my dissatisfied fellow-countrymen, and not in mine, is the momentous issue of civil war. The government will not assail you. You can have no conflict without being yourselves the aggressors. You have no oath registered in heaven to destroy the government, while I shall have the most solemn one to "preserve, protect, and defend it.
Page 149 - Both read the same Bible and pray to the same God, and each invokes His aid against the other. It may seem strange that any men should dare to ask a just God's. assistance in wringing their bread from the sweat of other men's faces, but let us judge not, that we be not judged.
Page 156 - To WHOM IT MAY CONCERN : Any proposition which embraces the restoration of peace, the integrity of the whole Union, and the abandonment of slavery, and which comes by and with an authority that can control the armies now at war against the United States, will be received and considered by the Executive Government of the United States, and will be met by liberal terms on other substantial and collateral points; and the bearer or bearers thereof shall have safe conduct both ways. ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
Page 150 - 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 bondman's two hundred and fifty years of unrequited toil shall be sunk, and until every drop of blood drawn with the lash shall be paid with another drawn with the sword, as was said three thousand years ago, so still it must be said, ' The judgments of the Lord are true and righteous altogether.
Page 85 - No one not in my position can appreciate the sadness I feel at this parting. To this people I owe all that I am. Here I have lived more than a quarter of a century; here my children were born, and here one of them lies buried. I know not how soon I shall see you again. A duty devolves upon me which is, perhaps, greater than that which has devolved upon any other man since the days of WASHINGTON.
Page 116 - The hand of the king that the scepter hath borne, The brow of the priest, that the mitre hath worn, The eye of the sage and the heart of the brave Are hidden and lost in the depths of the grave.
Page 111 - The President, Commander-in-Chief of the Army and Navy, desires and enjoins the orderly observance of the Sabbath by the officers and men in the military and naval service. The importance for man and beast of the prescribed weekly rest, the sacred rights of Christian soldiers and sailors, a becoming deference to the best sentiment of a Christian people, and a due regard for the divine will demand that Sunday labor in the army and navy be reduced to the measure of strict necessity.