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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... party , “ I at least can hold his hat . ” This simple act of courtesy was really the most significant incident of the day ' and after the inaugural the most dis- cussed . Douglas's conduct can not be overpraised , " wrote the " Public ...
... party ? " He meant to open his address with this reply : The [ more ] modern custom of electing a Chief Magistrate upon a previously declared platform of principles supersedes , in a great measure , the necessity of restating those ...
... , but shall be delivered up on claim of the party to whom such service or labor may be due . ' " It is scarcely questioned that this provision was intended by those who made it for the reclaiming of what THE FIRST INAUGURATION OF LINCOLN 7.
... parties who made it ? One party to a contract may violate it - break it , so to speak ; but does it not require all to lawfully rescind it ? It follows from these views that no State , upon its own mere motion , can lawfully get out of ...
... party with- out faith of being in the right ? If the Almighty Ruler of Nations , with His eternal truth and justice , be on your side of the North , or on yours of the South , that truth and that justice will surely prevail by the ...
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Lincolns Search for a General | 127 |
Lincoln and the Soldiers | 146 |
Lincolns Reelection in 1864 | 170 |
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The End of the War 26 | 26 |
Lincolns Funeral 41 | 41 |