Abraham Lincoln: His Life and Public ServicesB.B. Russell, 1865 - 216 páginas |
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... sorrow and bade the tears glisten on His face who bowed himself over Jerusalem , mourning the desolation that must come upon her for her disobedi ence . Lincoln was no party - man ; or , if he ever had been , the exigencies of the times ...
... sorrow and bade the tears glisten on His face who bowed himself over Jerusalem , mourning the desolation that must come upon her for her disobedi ence . Lincoln was no party - man ; or , if he ever had been , the exigencies of the times ...
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... sorrow , as well as the truthful exponent of the woes of slavery , has said , with the force of highest wisdom , " Sorrow is the great birth- agony of immortal powers ; sorrow is the great searcher and revealer of hearts , the great ...
... sorrow , as well as the truthful exponent of the woes of slavery , has said , with the force of highest wisdom , " Sorrow is the great birth- agony of immortal powers ; sorrow is the great searcher and revealer of hearts , the great ...
Página 105
... sorrow to the human soul is one which elevates , strengthens , purifies . It is among the " all things " that " work ... sorrow is deepest , and only the human heart itself knoweth its own bitterness . By the very greatness of Lincoln's ...
... sorrow to the human soul is one which elevates , strengthens , purifies . It is among the " all things " that " work ... sorrow is deepest , and only the human heart itself knoweth its own bitterness . By the very greatness of Lincoln's ...
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... sorrow before it is half uttered , and which the inarticulate wail of infancy instantly melts into tears of most compassionate tenderness . How are these sensitive fibres wrung and tortured when it suddenly flashes upon them that the ...
... sorrow before it is half uttered , and which the inarticulate wail of infancy instantly melts into tears of most compassionate tenderness . How are these sensitive fibres wrung and tortured when it suddenly flashes upon them that the ...
Página 111
... sorrow , - Lone Moun- tain ! It seemed to rise before them out of the quiet sea , a vast mausoleum from the hand of God wherein to lay the dead . I was not astonished , therefore , when Mr. Lincoln alluded to it in this way , and gave ...
... sorrow , - Lone Moun- tain ! It seemed to rise before them out of the quiet sea , a vast mausoleum from the hand of God wherein to lay the dead . I was not astonished , therefore , when Mr. Lincoln alluded to it in this way , and gave ...
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Abraham Lincoln: Is Life and Public Services (Classic Reprint) Phebe A. Hanaford Sin vista previa disponible - 2017 |
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Página 144 - ... rebellion against the United States ; and the fact that. any State or the people thereof shall on that day be in good faith represented in the Congress of the United States by members chosen thereto at elections wherein a majority of the qualified voters of such...
Página 123 - In doing this there need be no bloodshed or violence ; and there shall be none, unless it be forced upon the National authority. The power confided to me will be used to hold, occupy, and possess the property and places belonging to the government, and to collect the duties and imposts...
Página 149 - In giving freedom to the slave, we assure freedom to the free — honorable alike in what we give and what we preserve. We shall nobly save or meanly lose the last, best hope of earth.
Página 59 - Then Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed him in the midst of his brethren : and the Spirit of the Lord came upon David from that day forward.
Página 144 - St. Martin, and Orleans, including the City of New Orleans ; Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, and Virginia, except the forty-eight counties designated as West Virginia, and also the counties of Berkeley, Accomac, Northampton, Elizabeth City, York, Princess...
Página 193 - One-eighth of the whole population were colored slaves, not distributed generally over the Union, but localized in the Southern part of it. These slaves constituted a peculiar and powerful interest. All knew that this interest was somehow the cause of the war.
Página 143 - 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 194 - If we shall suppose that American slavery is one of those offenses which, in the providence of God, must needs come, but which, having continued through His appointed time, He now wills to remove, and that He gives to both North and South this terrible war as the woe due to those by whom the offense came, shall we discern therein any departure from those divine attributes which the believers in a living God always ascribe to Him?
Página 183 - tis the draught of a breath, From the blossom of health to the paleness of death ; From the gilded saloon to the bier and the shroud : — Oh ! why should the spirit of mortal be proud ? Oh ! why should the spirit of mortal be proud?
Página 125 - All the vital rights of minorities and of individuals are so plainly assured to them by affirmations and negations, guarantees and prohibitions in the Constitution, that controversies never arise concerning them. But no organic law can ever be framed with a provision specifically applicable to every question which may occur in practical administration. No foresight can anticipate, nor any document of reasonable length contain, express provisions for all possible questions. Shall fugitives from labor...