Six Months at the White House with Abraham Lincoln: The Story of a PictureHurd and Houghton, 1867 - 359 páginas |
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... never before upon ministers of state , gathered in council , depressed , perhaps disheartened at the vain efforts of many months to restore the supremacy of the govern- ment . I saw , in thought , the head of the nation , bowed down ...
... never before upon ministers of state , gathered in council , depressed , perhaps disheartened at the vain efforts of many months to restore the supremacy of the govern- ment . I saw , in thought , the head of the nation , bowed down ...
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... never met , but who had become warmly interested in the execution of the work , being in New York , called at my studio with the wife of my friend , who had been my earnest advocate . At 14 SIX MONTHS AT THE WHITE HOUSE .
... never met , but who had become warmly interested in the execution of the work , being in New York , called at my studio with the wife of my friend , who had been my earnest advocate . At 14 SIX MONTHS AT THE WHITE HOUSE .
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... never accomplish the work . The few friends to whom I should have felt at liberty to apply for help were not wealthy . Who outside of these could be persuaded that a work of the character and proportions contemplated , undertaken by an ...
... never accomplish the work . The few friends to whom I should have felt at liberty to apply for help were not wealthy . Who outside of these could be persuaded that a work of the character and proportions contemplated , undertaken by an ...
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... Never shall I forget the electric thrill which went through my whole being at this instant . I seemed to see lines radiating from every part of the globe , converging to a focus at the point where that plain , awkward - looking man ...
... Never shall I forget the electric thrill which went through my whole being at this instant . I seemed to see lines radiating from every part of the globe , converging to a focus at the point where that plain , awkward - looking man ...
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... never manifested so much sympa- thy , and tenderness , and charity . How like the last words of the Divine one himself , " Father , for- give them , for they know not what they do , " will the closing sentences of his last inaugural ...
... never manifested so much sympa- thy , and tenderness , and charity . How like the last words of the Divine one himself , " Father , for- give them , for they know not what they do , " will the closing sentences of his last inaugural ...
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Abraham Lincoln appeared appointment army asked Barry Gray Brooklyn Cabinet called character Chase Colfax coln Colonel conversation dent door duty Emancipation Emancipation Proclamation engraving expression eyes face fact father feeling Fortress Monroe gentlemen give hand head heard heart hour human idea Illinois incident interest interview Judge knew lady length letter lived looked McClellan ment mind morning nation never nomination occasion once opinion painting Parbar party passed person picture Pres present President President's Proclamation Rebel rebellion reference rejoined remarked replied returned Secretary of War Secretary Seward seemed Seward sitting slavery slaves Sojourner Truth soldiers speech Springfield Stanton story Theodore Tilton things thought tion told took true truth turned uncon Union walked War Department Washington White House woman words York York Tribune
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Página 51 - Help, angels ! make assay : Bow, stubborn knees ; and, heart, with strings of steel, Be soft as sinews of the new-born babe. All may be well.
Página 89 - And upon this act, sincerely believed to be an act of justice, warranted by the Constitution upon military necessity, I invoke the considerate judgment of mankind and the gracious favor of Almighty God.
Página 258 - I do the very best I know how — the very best I can; and I mean to keep doing so until the end. If the end brings me out all right, what is said against me won't amount to anything. If the end brings me out wrong, ten angels swearing I was right would make no difference.
Página 50 - In the corrupted currents of this world, Offence's gilded hand may shove by justice; And oft 'tis seen, the wicked prize itself Buys out the law : but 'tis not so above ; There is no shuffling, — there the action lies In his true nature ; and we ourselves compell'd, Even to the teeth and forehead of our faults, To give in evidence.
Página 23 - That on the first day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, all persons held as slaves within any state, or designated part of a state, the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the United States, shall be then, thenceforward and forever free...
Página 23 - ... thenceforward and forever free and the executive government of the united states including the military and naval authority thereof will recognize and maintain the freedom of such persons and will do no act or acts to repress such persons or any of them in any efforts they may make for their actual freedom...
Página 258 - Blondin, stand up a little straighter — Blondin, stoop a little more — go a little faster — lean a little more to the north — lean a little more to the south?
Página 59 - In their bloom, And the names he loved to hear Have been carved for many a year On the tomb.
Página 50 - And like a man to double business bound, . I stand in pause where I shall first begin, And both neglect.
Página 61 - So the multitude goes — like the flower or the weed, That withers away to let others succeed ; So the multitude comes — even those we behold, To repeat every tale that has often been told. For we are the same our fathers have been ; We see the same sights our fathers have seen ; We drink the same stream, we view the same sun, And run the same course our fathers have run.