The Life of Abraham Lincoln Volumes 3 & 4Digital Scanning Inc, 1999 - 568 páginas The work here offered the public was begun in 1894 at the suggestion of Mr. S. S. McClure and Mr. J. S. Phillips, editors of "McClure's Magazine." Their desire was to add to our knowledge of Abraham Lincoln by collecting and preserving the reminiscences of such of his contemporaries as were then living. In undertaking the work it was determined to spare neither labor nor money and in this determination Mr. McClure and his associates have never wavered. Without the sympathy, confidence, suggestion, and criticism, which they have given the work it would have been impossible. They established in their editorial rooms what might be called a Lincoln Bureau and from there an organized search was made for reminiscences, pictures, and documents. To facilitate the work, all persons possessing or knowing of Lincoln material were asked through the magazine to communicate with the editor. The response was immediate and amazing. Hundreds of persons from all parts of the country replied. In every case the clues thus obtained were investigated and if the matter was found to be new and useful was secured. The author wrote thousands of letters and traveled thousands of miles in collecting the material, which came to the editor simply as a result of this request in the magazine. The work thus became one in which the whole country cooperated. No attempt has been made to cover the history of Lincoln's times save as necessary in tracing the development of his mind and in illustrating his moral qualities. It is Lincoln the man, as seen by his fellows and revealed by his own acts and words that the author has tried to picture. |
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... authority of the United States , are insurrectionary or revolu- tionary , according to circumstances . The answer to this question led him directly to the point on which the public was most deeply stirred at that moment . What did he ...
... authority . The power confided to me will be used to hold , occupy , and possess the property and places belonging to the government , and to collect the duties and imposts ; but beyond what may be necessary for these objects , there ...
... authority of the ad- ministration . Mr. Seward had been for years the leader of the Republi- can party . His defeat in the Chicago Convention of 1860 had been a terrible blow to a large number of people , though Seward himself had taken ...
... authority of the Federal Union , and thus force it to immediate dissolution . . And this issue embraces more than the fate of these United States . It presents to the whole family of man the question whether a constitutional republic or ...
... authorities , suggesting that the troops be marched around Baltimore . But as he gave them the letter , Mr. Nicolay heard him say laughingly : " If I grant you this concession , that no troops shall pass through the city , you will be ...
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Lincolns Search for a General | 127 |
Lincoln and the Soldiers | 146 |
Lincolns Reelection in 1864 | 170 |
VOLUME FOUR | |
The End of the War 26 | 26 |
Lincolns Funeral 41 | 41 |