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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... seemed little more than half a man . " A few moments ' delay ' and the movement from the Senate towards the east front began , the justices of the Supreme Court , in cap and gown , heading the procession . As soon as the large company ...
Ida M. Tarbell. a clear , distinct , and musical voice , which seemed to be heard and distinctly understood to the very outskirts of this vast concourse of his fellow - citizens . At its conclusion , he turned partially around on his ...
... seemed almost inevitable . " 66 Unwilling to decide at once , Lincoln devised a manoeuvre by which he hoped to shift public attention from Fort Sumter to Fort Pickens , in Pensacola Harbor . The situation of the two forts was similar ...
... seemed cer- tain , then suddenly no one knew why it seemed as if another twenty - four hours would plunge the country into war . Many a public man on both sides had grown thin and haggard in wrestling with the terrible problem that ...
... seemed to him an unbecoming placidity on the part of Mr. Lincoln . The General had just come from Louisiana . " How are they getting on down there ? " asked the President . 66 66 They are getting on swimmingly , " Sherman replied . They ...
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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 |