Abraham LincolnHarper & Brothers, 1892 - 542 páginas |
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... town which the Romans built on the bank of the stream received the name of Lindum . When the Normans made themselves masters of England they built a castle on the top of the hill that overlooks the town and changed the name to Lincoln ...
... town which the Romans built on the bank of the stream received the name of Lindum . When the Normans made themselves masters of England they built a castle on the top of the hill that overlooks the town and changed the name to Lincoln ...
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... town . Together the ships sail across the Atlantic , to drop their anchors in Salem Harbor . It is probable that Samuel Lincoln , for lack of wool , did not do [ The Guildhall in which the Puritans were imprisoned is seen in the centre ...
... town . Together the ships sail across the Atlantic , to drop their anchors in Salem Harbor . It is probable that Samuel Lincoln , for lack of wool , did not do [ The Guildhall in which the Puritans were imprisoned is seen in the centre ...
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... town meeting or make their own laws . We may be sure that the farmers who came to have their horses shod or their ploughshares sharpened , or fishermen who wanted work done , expressed their minds freely upon public affairs , and that ...
... town meeting or make their own laws . We may be sure that the farmers who came to have their horses shod or their ploughshares sharpened , or fishermen who wanted work done , expressed their minds freely upon public affairs , and that ...
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... town whose cathedral bells had charmed him with their music . He found that many of his neighbors were Germans who ... towns . In Gwynedd were four brothers - Thomas , Robert , Owen , and Cadwallader Evans . They could trace their ...
... town whose cathedral bells had charmed him with their music . He found that many of his neighbors were Germans who ... towns . In Gwynedd were four brothers - Thomas , Robert , Owen , and Cadwallader Evans . They could trace their ...
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... town- ship , on the west bank of the Schuylkill . His neighbor is John Lincoln , from Freehold . Across the river are the homes of Mordecai Lincoln and George Boone , and that of his son , Squire Boone . Settlers were building their ...
... town- ship , on the west bank of the Schuylkill . His neighbor is John Lincoln , from Freehold . Across the river are the homes of Mordecai Lincoln and George Boone , and that of his son , Squire Boone . Settlers were building their ...
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Página 337 - If there be those who would not save the Union unless they could at the same time save slavery, I do not agree with them. If there be those who would not save the Union unless they could at the same time destroy slavery, I do not agree with them. My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not either to save or destroy slavery.
Página 337 - I have here stated my purpose according to my view of official duty, and I intend no modification of my oftexpressed personal wish that all men, everywhere, could be free.
Página 488 - Both parties deprecated war, but one of them would make war rather than let the nation survive, and the other would accept war rather than let it perish, and the war came.
Página 355 - We, even we here, hold the power and bear the responsibility. In giving freedom to the slave we assure freedom to the free — honorable alike in what we give and what we preserve. We shall nobly save or meanly lose the last best hope of earth.
Página 488 - 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 expiration of four years, during which public declarations have been constantly called forth on every point and phase of the great contest which still absorbs the attention and engrosses the energies of the nation, little that is new could be presented.
Página 488 - 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. The prayers of both could not be answered — that of neither has been answered fully. The Almighty has his own purposes. " Woe unto the world because of offenses! for it must needs be that offenses come; but woe to that man by whom the offense cometh.
Página 512 - We will rejoice in thy salvation, and in the name of our God we will set up our banners: the LORD fulfil all thy petitions.
Página 337 - My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not either to save or to destroy slavery. If I could save the Union without freeing any slave, I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing all the slaves, I would do it ; and if I could save it by freeing some and leaving others alone, I would also do that. What I do about slavery and the colored race, I do because I believe it helps to save the Union ; and what I forbear, I forbear because I do not believe it would help to save...
Página 363 - I have placed you at the head of the Army of the Potomac. Of course I have done this upon what appear to me to be sufficient reasons, and yet I think it best for you to know that there are some things in regard to which I am not quite satisfied with you.
Página 488 - 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 bondsman's two hundred and fifty years...