The Life of Abraham LincolnCosimo, Inc., 2008 M01 1 - 488 páginas She is remembered today as a muckraking journalist, author of such blockbuster exposes as 1904's The History of the Standard Oil Company, which actually contributed to the corporation's breakup in 1911. But in this 1900 work, as charming as it is important, American author IDA MINERVA TARBELL (1857-1944) shows a softer side as she traces, with a laudatory and admiring spirit, the development of the character and morals of Abraham Lincoln. Begun as a project by McClure's Magazine to collect and preserve the reminiscences of friends and acquaintances of Abraham Lincoln while they were still alive, the project grew into a series of articles for the periodical, and then finally this two-volume spiritual biography of the great man, which draws on firsthand memories and other material, including original sources such speeches, letters, and telegrams. Volume II begins with Lincoln's inauguration as President of the United States and follows him through the Civil War, his struggle with the "weapon" of emancipation, his reelection in 1864, and his death and funeral. This volume also features an extensive appendix of original documents written by and to Lincoln. |
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... believe I have no lawful right to do so , and I have no inclina- tion to do so . Those who nominated and elected me did so with full knowledge that I had made this and many similar declarations , and had never recanted them . " He ...
... believe I have no lawful right to do so , and I have no inclina- tion to do so . Those who nominated and elected me did so with full knowledge that I had made this and many similar declarations , and had never recanted them . " He ...
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... believe the time had come , however , to take the public into his confidence , and he replied : On examination of the correspondence thus called for , I have , with the highest respect for the Senate , come to the conclusion that at the ...
... believe the time had come , however , to take the public into his confidence , and he replied : On examination of the correspondence thus called for , I have , with the highest respect for the Senate , come to the conclusion that at the ...
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... believe , " Mr. Hay heard him say bit- terly , one day , to some Massachusetts soldiers , " that there is no North . The Seventh Regiment is a myth . Rhode Island is another . You are the only real thing . " And again , after pacing the ...
... believe , " Mr. Hay heard him say bit- terly , one day , to some Massachusetts soldiers , " that there is no North . The Seventh Regiment is a myth . Rhode Island is another . You are the only real thing . " And again , after pacing the ...
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... believe I can make this gun shoot better , ' said Mr. Lincoln , after we had looked at the result of the first fire . With this he took from his vest pocket a small wooden sight which he had whittled from a pine stick , and adjusted it ...
... believe I can make this gun shoot better , ' said Mr. Lincoln , after we had looked at the result of the first fire . With this he took from his vest pocket a small wooden sight which he had whittled from a pine stick , and adjusted it ...
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... believe he would do it . ” ” It is curious to note in the records of the time how soon , not only the soldiers , but the general public of Washington discovered the big heart of the new President . A cor- respondent of the Philadelphia ...
... believe he would do it . ” ” It is curious to note in the records of the time how soon , not only the soldiers , but the general public of Washington discovered the big heart of the new President . A cor- respondent of the Philadelphia ...
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Abraham Lincoln appointment April Army of Potomac asked August Baltimore believe Burnside cabinet called City Point coln Colonel Congress Cypher DEAR SIR death sentence December December 26 DEPARTMENT desertion dispatch election emancipation Emancipation Proclamation enemy execution of death EXECUTIVE MANSION February Fort Monroe Fort Sumter forward record Frémont friends further order Governor Grant Halleck Illinois January January 20 John June letter MAJOR ECKERT MAJOR-GENERAL MEADE March McClellan ment military Missouri Monroe morning never NICOLAY night North October October 15 OFFICER IN COMMAND Ohio party passed persons pier President President's proclamation received regiment Republican Richmond Saint Louis Secretary of War Senator sent September September 13 Seward slavery slaves soldiers South Springfield Stanton Sumter Suspend execution Talbott telegram telegraph Tenn thing tion to-day troops Union Volunteers vote WAR DEPARTMENT WASHINGTON WASHINGTON CITY Whigs White House wrote York