The Life of Horace Greeley: Founder of the New York Tribune, with Extended Notices of Many of His Contemporary Statesmen and JournalistsUnion Publishing Company, 1873 - 688 páginas |
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... American Female Journalists - Charles Dickens- Mr. Greeley's Early Recogni . tion of his Genius - His First Visit to America - Washington Irving's " Break Down " at the Dickens Dinner - Mr. Dickens's Second Visit- Mr. Greeley Presides ...
... American Female Journalists - Charles Dickens- Mr. Greeley's Early Recogni . tion of his Genius - His First Visit to America - Washington Irving's " Break Down " at the Dickens Dinner - Mr. Dickens's Second Visit- Mr. Greeley Presides ...
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... American Press -Visits Paris - Views of Parisian Morals and Social Life - Predicts the Stability of the Republic ... America . .... 260 CHAPTER XVI . CAMPAIGN OF 1852 - THE WHIG PARTY EXIT . The Dawn of a New Political Era - The ...
... American Press -Visits Paris - Views of Parisian Morals and Social Life - Predicts the Stability of the Republic ... America . .... 260 CHAPTER XVI . CAMPAIGN OF 1852 - THE WHIG PARTY EXIT . The Dawn of a New Political Era - The ...
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... American forests , let in the sun , and open the way for the triumphs of civilization and progress . Horace Greeley's mother was a woman of remarkable nature . She had great strength of body as well as of mind . Though lacking in ...
... American forests , let in the sun , and open the way for the triumphs of civilization and progress . Horace Greeley's mother was a woman of remarkable nature . She had great strength of body as well as of mind . Though lacking in ...
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... American sort aforesaid but of hard labour . In New Hampshire , the Greeleys ranked as farmers ; in Vermont they were day- labourers . The cot rented by the father was on an extensive farm known as " the Minot Estate , " and the first ...
... American sort aforesaid but of hard labour . In New Hampshire , the Greeleys ranked as farmers ; in Vermont they were day- labourers . The cot rented by the father was on an extensive farm known as " the Minot Estate , " and the first ...
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... American citizens of the rural districts are active politicians . They have a good deal of spare time on their hands , which , as a rule , they spend in political discussion ; whereas the residents of cities occupy similar hours , in ...
... American citizens of the rural districts are active politicians . They have a good deal of spare time on their hands , which , as a rule , they spend in political discussion ; whereas the residents of cities occupy similar hours , in ...
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Página 69 - Behold, we know not anything; I can but trust that good shall fall At last — far off — at last, to all, And every winter change to spring.
Página 402 - Union; and what I forbear, I forbear because I do not believe it would help to save the Union. I shall do less whenever I shall believe what I am doing hurts the cause, and I shall do more whenever I shall believe doing more will help the cause.
Página 69 - OH yet we trust that somehow good Will be the final goal of ill, To pangs of nature, sins of will, Defects of doubt, and taints of blood ; That nothing walks with aimless feet; That not one life shall be destroy'd, Or cast as rubbish to the void, When God hath made the pile complete...
Página 402 - I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing all the slaves I would do it; and if I could do it by freeing some and leaving others alone I would also do that. What I do about slavery, and the colored race, I do because I believe it helps to save the Union; and what I forbear, I forbear because I do not believe it would help to save the Union.
Página 402 - If there be those who would not save the Union unless they could at the same time destroy Slavery, I do not agree with them. My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union and is not either to save or destroy Slavery.
Página 504 - Whose beard descending swept his aged breast ; The ruined spendthrift, now no longer proud, Claimed kindred there, and had his claims allowed ; The broken soldier, kindly bade to stay, Sat by his fire and talked the night away, Wept o'er his wounds or tales of sorrow done, Shouldered his crutch and showed how fields were won.
Página 509 - ... stands it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman. Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly : it is dearness only that gives everything its value.
Página 402 - If there be in it any statements or assumptions of fact which I may know to be erroneous, I do not now and here controvert them. If there be any inferences •which I may believe to be falsely drawn, I do not now and here argue against them. If there be perceptible in it an impatient and dictatorial tone, I waive it in deference to an old friend whose heart I have always supposed to be right. As to the policy I
Página 590 - For Humanity sweeps onward : where to-day the martyr stands, On the morrow crouches Judas with the silver in his hands ; Far in front the cross stands ready and the crackling fagots burn, While the hooting mob of yesterday in silent awe ' return To glean up the scattered ashes into History's golden urn.
Página 414 - To whom it may concern : Any proposition which embraces the restoration of peace, the integrity of the whole Union, and the abandonment of slavery, and which comes by and with an authority that can control the armies now at war against the United States, will be received and considered by the executive government of the United States, and will be met by liberal terms on other substantial and collateral points, and the bearer or bearers thereof shall have safe conduct both ways. ABRAHAM LINCOLN.