 | 1907 - 1004 pages
...thc White House," p. 20 et seq., quo1es from Lincoln's own account thus : "... I now [midsummer 1862] determined upon the adoption of the emancipation policy...thought called a cabinet meeting upon the subject . . . The result iof that mee1ing) was I put the draft aside as you would do a picture . . . From time... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - Devotional calendars - 1907 - 410 pages
...been pursuing; that we had about played our last card, and must change our tactics or lose the game! l now determined upon the adoption of the emancipation...consultation with, or the knowledge of the Cabinet, l prepared the original draft of the proclamation, and, after much anxious thought, called a Cabinet... | |
 | Wayne Whipple - Dummies (Bookselling) - 1908 - 762 pages
...been pursuing ; that we had about played our last card, and must change our tactics or lose the game! "I now determined upon the adoption of the emancipation policy; and, without consultation with or knowledge of the Cabinet, I prepared the original draft of the proclamation, and, after much anxious... | |
 | Wayne Whipple - Dummies (Bookselling) - 1908 - 828 pages
...been pursuing; that we had about played our last card, and must change our tactics or lose the game! "I now determined upon the adoption of the emancipation policy; and, without consultation with or knowledge of the Cabinet, I prepared the original draft of the proclamation, and, after much anxious... | |
 | John Bigelow - France - 1909 - 702 pages
...game. I now determined upon the adoption of the emanciTHE EMANCIPATION OF SLAVES DEFERRED 523 pation policy; and without consultation with, or the knowledge...thought, called a Cabinet meeting upon the subject. . . . All were present excepting Mr. Blair, the Postmaster-General, who was absent at the opening of... | |
 | John Bigelow - France - 1909 - 700 pages
...game. I now determined upon the adoption of the emanciTHE EMANCIPATION OF SLAVES DEFERRED 523 pation policy; and without consultation with, or the knowledge...thought, called a Cabinet meeting upon the subject. . . . All were present excepting Mr. Blair, the Postmaster-General, who was absent at the opening of... | |
 | Clark Prescott Bissett - Presidents - 1923 - 266 pages
...been pursuing; that we had about played our last card, and must change our tactics, or lose the game. I now determined upon the adoption of the emancipation policy; and without consultation with, or knowledge of, the Cabinet, I prepared the original draft of the proclamation, and after much anxious... | |
 | Percy MacKaye - Biography & Autobiography - 1927 - 606 pages
...from bad to worse until ... I now determined upon the adoption of the emancipation policy and I ... called a Cabinet meeting upon the subject. This was...part of the month of August, 1862 (the exact date he could not remember)." — Page 20 of Six Months at the White House, by FB Carpenter. Art and War 101... | |
 | Percy MacKaye - Theater - 1927 - 726 pages
...from bad to worse until ... I now determined upon the adoption of the emancipation policy and I ... called a Cabinet meeting upon the subject. This was...part of the month of August, 1862 (the exact date he could not remember)." — Page 20 of Six Months at the White House, by FB Carpenter. "Many people think... | |
 | Isaac Newton Arnold - Biography & Autobiography - 1994 - 492 pages
...been pursuing ; that we had about played our last card, and must change our tactics, or lose the game! I now determined upon the adoption of the emancipation...part of the month of August, 1862." (The exact date be did not remember.) " This Cabinet meeting took place, I think, upon a Saturday. All were present,... | |
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Things had gone on from bad to worse until I felt that we had reached the end of our rope on the plan of operations we had been pursuing ; that we had about played our last card, and must change our tactics or lose the game. I now determined upon the... 
