The Pioneer Boy: And how He Became President, The Story of the Life of Abraham LincolnHodder and Stoughton, 1882 - 395 páginas |
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... morning . Abraham was awakened out of a sound sleep , and hurried away for the nearest neighbour , Mrs. Woods , and , at the same time , Dennis , who became a permanent member of Lincoln's family after the death of the Sparrows , and ...
... morning . Abraham was awakened out of a sound sleep , and hurried away for the nearest neighbour , Mrs. Woods , and , at the same time , Dennis , who became a permanent member of Lincoln's family after the death of the Sparrows , and ...
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... morning , while his wife was getting breakfast , at the same time reading a book that he held in one hand . " But Thomas Lincoln needed a wife , and his son needed a mother . Household affairs had been left " at loose ends , " as they ...
... morning , while his wife was getting breakfast , at the same time reading a book that he held in one hand . " But Thomas Lincoln needed a wife , and his son needed a mother . Household affairs had been left " at loose ends , " as they ...
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... morning was the drenched book , and his feelings can be better imagined than described . " Oh , dear ! " he exclaimed . " That book is spoiled ! " And he could scarcely restrain the tears that welled up to his eyes . " How did you ...
... morning was the drenched book , and his feelings can be better imagined than described . " Oh , dear ! " he exclaimed . " That book is spoiled ! " And he could scarcely restrain the tears that welled up to his eyes . " How did you ...
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... morning it is , then ; I'll be on hand as early as you want to see me . " Abraham hastened home and reported . His parents united with him in the opinion that it was one of Craw- ford's acts of extortion . Still , they were glad that ...
... morning it is , then ; I'll be on hand as early as you want to see me . " Abraham hastened home and reported . His parents united with him in the opinion that it was one of Craw- ford's acts of extortion . Still , they were glad that ...
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... morning , " build the fire , " " put on the water in the kitchen , " and " get things prepared for cooking , " before Mrs. Taylor put in her appearance . Other things , such as bringing wood and water , he attended to with scrupulous ...
... morning , " build the fire , " " put on the water in the kitchen , " and " get things prepared for cooking , " before Mrs. Taylor put in her appearance . Other things , such as bringing wood and water , he attended to with scrupulous ...
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Página 281 - We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained it must not break our bonds of affection. The mystic chords of memory, stretching from every battlefield and patriot grave to every living heart and hearthstone all over this broad land, will yet swell the chorus of the Union, when again touched, as surely they will be, by the better angels of our nature.
Página 357 - And I hereby enjoin upon the people so declared to be free to abstain from all violence, unless in necessary self-defense ; and I recommend to them that, in all cases when allowed, they labor faithfully for reasonable wages. And I further declare and make known that such persons of suitable condition will be received into the armed service of the United States to garrison forts, positions, stations, and other places, and to man vessels of all sorts in said service.
Página 356 - ... the States and parts of States wherein the people thereof, respectively, are this day in rebellion against the United States, the following, to wit: Arkansas, Texas, Louisiana (except the parishes of St.
Página 356 - ... that the executive will on the first day of january aforesaid by proclamation designate the states and parts of states if any in which the people thereof respectively shall then be in 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 341 - I claim not to have controlled events, but confess plainly that events have controlled me. Now, at the end of three years' struggle, the Nation's condition is not what either party or any man devised or expected. God alone can claim it.
Página 356 - State shall have participated, shall in the absence of strong countervailing testimony be deemed conclusive evidence that such State and the people thereof are not then in rebellion against the United States.
Página 353 - 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 364 - With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right as God gives us to see the right, let us strive...
Página 314 - But in a larger sense we cannot dedicate, we cannot consecrate, we cannot hallow this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it far above our power to add or detract. The world will little note, nor long remember, what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here.
Página 352 - Mr. President, I approve of the proclamation, but I question the expediency of its issue at this juncture. The depression of the public mind, consequent upon our repeated reverses, is so great that I fear the effect of so important a step. It may be viewed as the last measure of an exhausted government, a cry for help; the government stretching forth its hands to Ethiopia, instead of Ethiopia stretching forth her hands to the government.