 | Fletcher Pratt - History - 1997 - 466 pages
...his papers and stepped forward. There was silence. "Fellow-countrymen:—At this second appearing to take the oath of the presidential office there is...Then a statement somewhat in detail of a course to be pin-sued seemed fitting and proper. Now, at the expiration of four years, during which public declarations... | |
 | Teun A. van Dijk - Business & Economics - 1997 - 372 pages
...President Abraham Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address, delivered in 1865: '"At this second appearing to take the oath of the presidential office, there is...an extended address than there was at the first.'" As Slagell explains, the sentence is notable for its 'impersonal tone, use of the passive voice, and... | |
 | Conrad Cherry - History - 1998 - 428 pages
...LINCOLN **> Second Inaugural Address March 4, 1865 Fellow- Countrymen : At this second appearing to take the oath of the Presidential office there is...the expiration of four years, during which public declarations have been constantly called forth on every point and phase of the great contest which... | |
 | Randall M. Miller, Harry S. Stout, Charles Reagan Wilson - Religion - 1998 - 437 pages
...tensions surrounding the inaugural events. He begins: Fellow Countrymen: At this second appearing to take the oath of the presidential office, there is...the expiration of four years, during which public declarations have been constantly called forth on every point and phase of the great contest which... | |
 | Frances H. Kennedy - History - 1998 - 536 pages
...Wilmington ofT Route 155. Inaugural Address March 4. 1865 Ahraham Iincolu 9 At this second appearing to take the oath of the presidential office. there is...there was at the first. Then a statement. somewhat in detait, of a course to he pursued. seemed fining and proper. Now. at the expiration of four years.... | |
 | Owen Collins - History - 1999 - 464 pages
...left behind him something of a sacred and almost prophetic character.' At this second appearing to take the oath of the presidential office, there is...the expiration of four years, during which public declarations have been constantly called forth on every point and phase of the great contest which... | |
 | Paul M. Zall - Biography & Autobiography - 2003 - 220 pages
...cue to emphases, as represented below: 4 MARCH 1865 Fellow countrymen: At this second appearing to take the oath of the presidential office, there is...the expiration of four years, during which public declarations have been constantly called forth on every point and phase of the great contest which... | |
 | Diane Ravitch - Reference - 2000 - 662 pages
...time had come to reflect on the nation's ordeal and to look to the future. At this second appearing to take the oath of the Presidential office there is...the expiration of four years, during which public declarations have been constantly called forth on every point and phase of the great contest which... | |
 | Jim F. Watts, Fred L. Israel - Biography & Autobiography - 2000 - 416 pages
...presence of a battalion of African-American troops in the escort party. At this second appearing to take the oath of the Presidential office there is...the expiration of four years, during which public declarations have been constantly called forth on every point and phase of the great contest which... | |
 | Lucas E. Morel - Biography & Autobiography - 2000 - 272 pages
...witnessed seven states already separated from the Union and organized as the Confederate States of America. "Then, a statement, somewhat in detail, of a course to be pursued, seemed fitting and proper."7 The purpose of the First Inaugural Address was to present the new Administration's plan for... | |
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