Lincoln: Passages from His Speeches and LettersCentury Company, 1925 - 204 páginas |
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Página xxxi
... Douglas . In Lincoln we have the able and practised attorney , with one side of his nature open to the eternal ; in Douglas the skilful lawyer , adroit and ambitious , not easily moved by the moral appeals which so quickly took hold xxxi.
... Douglas . In Lincoln we have the able and practised attorney , with one side of his nature open to the eternal ; in Douglas the skilful lawyer , adroit and ambitious , not easily moved by the moral appeals which so quickly took hold xxxi.
Página xxxii
... hold upon Lincoln , but a man capable of right and patriotic action when the depths of his nature were stirred . One of the most characteristic qualities of Lincoln's expression is its morality , its insight , its pro- phecy ; and in ...
... hold upon Lincoln , but a man capable of right and patriotic action when the depths of his nature were stirred . One of the most characteristic qualities of Lincoln's expression is its morality , its insight , its pro- phecy ; and in ...
Página xxxiii
... holds some of the masterpieces of oratory of all ages and nations . ” It is interesting to recall the fact that , in the pause of his af- fairs after the debate with Doug- las , Lincoln took up the then popular custom of lyceum - lec ...
... holds some of the masterpieces of oratory of all ages and nations . ” It is interesting to recall the fact that , in the pause of his af- fairs after the debate with Doug- las , Lincoln took up the then popular custom of lyceum - lec ...
Página 64
... holds that slavery is not wrong , and therefore goes for the pol- icy that does not propose deal- ing with it as a wrong . policy is the Democratic pol- icy , and that sentiment is the Democratic sentiment . If there be a doubt in the ...
... holds that slavery is not wrong , and therefore goes for the pol- icy that does not propose deal- ing with it as a wrong . policy is the Democratic pol- icy , and that sentiment is the Democratic sentiment . If there be a doubt in the ...
Página 93
... - cessarily lead to such results . We do not believe it . know we hold no doctrine , and make no declaration , which were not held to and made by 66 our fathers who framed the We government under which we live . " You never dealt 93.
... - cessarily lead to such results . We do not believe it . know we hold no doctrine , and make no declaration , which were not held to and made by 66 our fathers who framed the We government under which we live . " You never dealt 93.
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