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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... remarked Mr. Lincoln to his wife , one day , " and he wants to know if Sarah and Abe will go . " " I hope so , certainly , though he can't be much of a teacher , any way , " replied Mrs. L. " A poor school is better than none ...
... remarked Mr. Lincoln to his wife , one day , " and he wants to know if Sarah and Abe will go . " " I hope so , certainly , though he can't be much of a teacher , any way , " replied Mrs. L. " A poor school is better than none ...
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... remarked , after introducing himself . " I'm thinkin ' on't , " answered Mr. Lincoln . " Gallaher told me that you would come to see me about it . So we've been expectin ' you , and rather makin ' arrange- ments to sell the farm . This ...
... remarked , after introducing himself . " I'm thinkin ' on't , " answered Mr. Lincoln . " Gallaher told me that you would come to see me about it . So we've been expectin ' you , and rather makin ' arrange- ments to sell the farm . This ...
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... remarked , - " The hardships of my early life gave me strong muscles . " And , stepping out of the open door , he took up a very large , heavy axe which lay there by a log of wood , and chopped vigorously for a few moments , sending the ...
... remarked , - " The hardships of my early life gave me strong muscles . " And , stepping out of the open door , he took up a very large , heavy axe which lay there by a log of wood , and chopped vigorously for a few moments , sending the ...
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... remarked Mr. Lincoln . " How ? " inquired Abraham . " You'll see when it is done . This goin ' eighteen miles to mill don't pay : we must have one right here . " " And it won't take you longer to make one than it would to go to the ...
... remarked Mr. Lincoln . " How ? " inquired Abraham . " You'll see when it is done . This goin ' eighteen miles to mill don't pay : we must have one right here . " " And it won't take you longer to make one than it would to go to the ...
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... remarked ; " I wish I could have some other book to read . " He did not know what other books were in existence . His parents were not wiser than he in that respect . But his mind was ravenous , and would have accepted almost any sort ...
... remarked ; " I wish I could have some other book to read . " He did not know what other books were in existence . His parents were not wiser than he in that respect . But his mind was ravenous , and would have accepted almost any sort ...
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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.