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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... whole country into inextricable con- fusion . That nothing of the sort was done , or even so much as attempted , is the most conclusive evidence that could be asked of the groundlessness of the rumors and old women's tales on the ...
... whole country into inextricable con- fusion . That nothing of the sort was done , or even so much as attempted , is the most conclusive evidence that could be asked of the groundlessness of the rumors and old women's tales on the ...
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... whole public life , the man who had pressed him hardest in the campaign of 1860 , was seated just behind him . Douglas stepped forward quickly , and took the hat which Mr. Lincoln held helplessly in his hand . “ If I can't be President ...
... whole public life , the man who had pressed him hardest in the campaign of 1860 , was seated just behind him . Douglas stepped forward quickly , and took the hat which Mr. Lincoln held helplessly in his hand . “ If I can't be President ...
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... whole Constitution to this provision as much as to any other . To the proposition , then , that slaves whose cases come within the terms of this clause ' shall be delivered up , ' their oaths are unanimous . " Next he took up the ...
... whole Constitution to this provision as much as to any other . To the proposition , then , that slaves whose cases come within the terms of this clause ' shall be delivered up , ' their oaths are unanimous . " Next he took up the ...
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... whole subject . Nothing valuable can be lost by taking time . If there be an object to HURRY any of you in hot haste to a step which you would never take deliberately , that ob- ject will be frustrated by taking time ; but no good ...
... whole subject . Nothing valuable can be lost by taking time . If there be an object to HURRY any of you in hot haste to a step which you would never take deliberately , that ob- ject will be frustrated by taking time ; but no good ...
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... whole course of its firm and explicit statements . The language is level to the popular mind - the plain , homespun language of a man accustomed to talk with * the folks ' and ' the neighbors ; ' the language of a man of vital common ...
... whole course of its firm and explicit statements . The language is level to the popular mind - the plain , homespun language of a man accustomed to talk with * the folks ' and ' the neighbors ; ' the language of a man of vital common ...
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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