Lincoln: Passages from His Speeches and LettersCentury Company, 1925 - 204 páginas |
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... TION OF INDEPENDENCE 30 IX " A HOUSE DIVIDED AGAINST ITSELF CANNOT STAND " 34 X RESISTANCE TO THE Su- PREME COURT 36 42 47 12 43 XI REPEAL OF THE MISSOURI COMPROMISE XII NOTES FOR SPEECHES . XIII THE NEGRO INCLUDED IN THE DECLARATION OF ...
... TION OF INDEPENDENCE 30 IX " A HOUSE DIVIDED AGAINST ITSELF CANNOT STAND " 34 X RESISTANCE TO THE Su- PREME COURT 36 42 47 12 43 XI REPEAL OF THE MISSOURI COMPROMISE XII NOTES FOR SPEECHES . XIII THE NEGRO INCLUDED IN THE DECLARATION OF ...
Página xvii
... tion ; his was the imagination that is implied in a strong realiza- tion of the truth of things in the mind of the writer or speaker . When these letters and speeches of Lincoln were appear- ing in the papers as part of the news of the ...
... tion ; his was the imagination that is implied in a strong realiza- tion of the truth of things in the mind of the writer or speaker . When these letters and speeches of Lincoln were appear- ing in the papers as part of the news of the ...
Página xxii
... tion . His secretary relates that in his later years he used to re- peat with glee the description of the Southwestern orator of whom it is said : " He mounted the ros- trum , threw back his head , shined his eyes , and left the conse ...
... tion . His secretary relates that in his later years he used to re- peat with glee the description of the Southwestern orator of whom it is said : " He mounted the ros- trum , threw back his head , shined his eyes , and left the conse ...
Página xxix
... to be an exaggera- tion to declare that the war itself was partly induced by the fact that Abraham Lincoln was able to express his pregnant thoughts with the art of a master . How familiar now these words of prophecy : " A house xxix.
... to be an exaggera- tion to declare that the war itself was partly induced by the fact that Abraham Lincoln was able to express his pregnant thoughts with the art of a master . How familiar now these words of prophecy : " A house xxix.
Página xxxviii
... hatching the egg than by smashing it . " A specimen of his spoken wit is the story told of his reply to the countryman who at a recep- tion said , in the prepared speech that patriots so often shoot at the President as they Xxxviii.
... hatching the egg than by smashing it . " A specimen of his spoken wit is the story told of his reply to the countryman who at a recep- tion said , in the prepared speech that patriots so often shoot at the President as they Xxxviii.
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