The Gettysburg Speech, and Other PapersHoughton Mifflin Company, 1899 - 100 páginas |
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... published by Mr. Lowell originally in the North American Review for January , 1864. When he reprinted it in his vol- ume , My Study Windows , he added the final paragraph . 2 3 cut off from our påst , and be UNIV . OF.
... published by Mr. Lowell originally in the North American Review for January , 1864. When he reprinted it in his vol- ume , My Study Windows , he added the final paragraph . 2 3 cut off from our påst , and be UNIV . OF.
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... published speeches of him who now addresses you . I do but quote from one of those speeches when I declare that " I have no purpose , directly or indirectly , to interfere with the institution of slavery in the States where it exists ...
... published speeches of him who now addresses you . I do but quote from one of those speeches when I declare that " I have no purpose , directly or indirectly , to interfere with the institution of slavery in the States where it exists ...
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... published in his paper , the New York Tribune , a severe article in the form of a letter addressed to the President , taking him to task for failing to meet the just expectations of twenty millions of loyal people . Thereupon Mr ...
... published in his paper , the New York Tribune , a severe article in the form of a letter addressed to the President , taking him to task for failing to meet the just expectations of twenty millions of loyal people . Thereupon Mr ...
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... publish it . He waited until after the battle of Antietam , and then , on the 22d of Septem- ber , 1862 , issued his provisional proclamation in which he sol- emnly declared that on the first day of January following " all persons held ...
... publish it . He waited until after the battle of Antietam , and then , on the 22d of Septem- ber , 1862 , issued his provisional proclamation in which he sol- emnly declared that on the first day of January following " all persons held ...
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... - liminary proclamation , came up on Saturday , called the Cabinet together to hear it , and it was published on the following Monday . " VII . LETTER TO DISSATISFIED FRIENDS . The Proclamation of 64 ABRAHAM LINCOLN .
... - liminary proclamation , came up on Saturday , called the Cabinet together to hear it , and it was published on the following Monday . " VII . LETTER TO DISSATISFIED FRIENDS . The Proclamation of 64 ABRAHAM LINCOLN .
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Página 44 - It follows from these views that no State upon its own mere motion can lawfully get out of the Union ; that resolves and ordinances to that effect are legally void ; and that acts of violence, within any State or States, against the authority of the United States, are insurrectionary or revolutionary, according to circumstances.
Página 45 - I, therefore, consider that, in view of the Constitution and the laws, the Union is unbroken, and to the extent of my ability I shall take care, as the Constitution itself expressly enjoins upon me, that the laws of the Union be faithfully executed in all the States.
Página 52 - If it were admitted that you who are dissatisfied hold the right side in the dispute, there still is no single good reason for precipitate action. Intelligence, patriotism, Christianity, and a firm reliance on Him who has never yet forsaken this favored land, are still competent to adjust in the best way all our present difficulty. In your hands, my dissatisfied fellow-countrymen, and not in mine, is the momentous issue of civil war.
Página 77 - The progress of our arms, upon which all else chiefly depends, is as well known to the public as to myself; and it is, I trust, reasonably satisfactory and encouraging to all. With high hope for the future, no prediction in regard to it is ventured. On the occasion corresponding to this four years ago, all thoughts were anxiously directed to an impending civil war. All dreaded it — all sought to avert it.
Página 81 - Now, my friends, can this country be saved upon that basis? If it can, I will consider myself one of the happiest men in the world if I can help to save it. If it cannot be saved upon that principle, it will be truly awful. But if this country cannot be saved without giving up that principle, I was about to say I would rather be assassinated on this spot than surrender it Now, in my view of the present aspect of affairs, there need be no bloodshed or war.
Página 89 - O CAPTAIN! MY CAPTAIN! 0 Captain! my Captain! our fearful trip is done, The ship has weather'd every rack, the prize we sought is won, The port is near, the bells I hear, the people all exulting, While follow eyes the steady keel, the vessel grim and daring; But O heart! heart! heart! O the bleeding drops of red, Where on the deck my Captain lies, Fallen cold and dead.
Página 49 - Physically speaking, we cannot separate. We cannot remove our respective sections from each other, nor build an impassable wall between them. A husband and wife may be divorced, and go out of the presence and beyond the reach of each other ; but the different parts of our country cannot do this.
Página 53 - seem to be pursuing," as you say, I have not meant to leave any one in doubt. I would save the Union. I would save it the shortest way under the Constitution. The sooner the National authority can be restored, the nearer the Union will be
Página 49 - Suppose you go to war, you cannot fight always; and when, after much loss on both sides and no gain on either, you cease fighting, the identical old questions, as to terms of intercourse, are again upon you.
Página 60 - ... order and designate, as the States and parts of States wherein the people thereof respectively are this day in rebellion against the United States...