 | Ainsworth Rand Spofford, Frank Weitenkampf, John Porter Lamberton - Biography - 1895 - 460 pages
...earth. — A. LINCOLN. LINCOLN'S SECOND INAUGURAL ADDRESS. (March 4th, 1865.) Fellow- Country men — At this second appearing to take the oath of the Presidential...somewhat in detail of a course to be pursued, seemed very fitting and proper. Now, at the expiration of four years, during which public declarations have... | |
 | Karlyn Kohrs Campbell, Kathleen Hall Jamieson - History - 1990 - 285 pages
...variation. For instance, although he was president in the midst of the most serious of crises, Lincoln said: At this second appearing to take the oath of the Presidential...the first. Then a statement somewhat in detail of the course to be pursued seemed fitting and proper. Now, at the expiration of four years, during which... | |
 | Karlyn Kohrs Campbell, Kathleen Hall Jamieson - History - 1990 - 285 pages
...serious of crises, Lincoln said: At this second appearing to take the oath of the Presidential onice there is less occasion for an extended address than...the first. Then a statement somewhat in detail of the course to be pursued seemed fitting and proper. Now, at the expiration of four years, during which... | |
 | Bernard L. Brock, Robert Lee Scott, James W. Chesebro - Language Arts & Disciplines - 1989 - 524 pages
...For instance, although he was a President in the midst of the most serious of crises, Lincoln said: At this second appearing to take the oath of the Presidential...office there is less occasion for an extended address that there was at the first. Then a statement somewhat in detail of the course to be pursued seemed... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln, Paul McClelland Angle, Earl Schenck Miers - United States - 1992 - 692 pages
...Inaugural Address. In a quiet voice he read these immortal words. March 4, 1865 Fellow-Countrymen: At this second appearing to take the oath of the presidential...on every point and phase of the great contest which 638 still absorbs the attention, and engrosses the energies of the nation, little that is new could... | |
 | James Boyd White - Family & Relationships - 1994 - 348 pages
...to what degree will he imply, or acknowledge, that African Americans are his fellow countrymen too? "At this second appearing to take the oath of the...for an extended address than there was at the first. "—The reader may well feel that this is not a rousing start, to say the least. The awkward and official-sounding... | |
 | James Boyd White - Law - 1994 - 338 pages
...to what degree will he imply, or acknowledge, that African Americans are his fellow countrymen too? "At this second appearing to take the oath of the...occasion for an extended address than there was at the first."—The reader may well feel that this is not a rousing start, to say the least. The awkward... | |
 | David Herbert Donald - Biography & Autobiography - 1995 - 724 pages
...been at his first inauguration. During the past four years of war, he noted in a tone of weariness, "public declarations have been constantly called forth on every point and phase of the great contest." Consequently he could devote the larger part of his address to an explanation of the origins of the... | |
 | Fletcher Pratt - History - 1997 - 466 pages
...faces. Mr. Lincoln shuffled his papers and stepped forward. There was silence. "Fellow-countrymen:—At this second appearing to take the oath of the presidential...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 - Language Arts & Disciplines - 1997 - 376 pages
...example, the first sentence of US President Abraham Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address, delivered in 1865: '"At this second appearing to take the oath of the...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... | |
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At this second appearing to take the oath of the Presidential office, there is less occasion for an extended address than there was at the first. Then a statement somewhat in detail of a course to be pursued seemed very fitting and proper. Now, at the... 
