The Character and Public Services of Abraham Lincoln, President of the United StatesDinsmoor, 1864 - 75 páginas |
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... PROVIDENCE . LETTER FROM A DEMOCRAT . HE HAS NO VICES.- A TEMPERANCE MAN . HIS INTELLECTUAL POWER . WORSTED JUDGE TRIBUTE TO THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE . OPINION OF SENATOR TRUMBULL . EULOGY BY TWO FRENCH STATES- MEN . OPINION OF ...
... PROVIDENCE . LETTER FROM A DEMOCRAT . HE HAS NO VICES.- A TEMPERANCE MAN . HIS INTELLECTUAL POWER . WORSTED JUDGE TRIBUTE TO THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE . OPINION OF SENATOR TRUMBULL . EULOGY BY TWO FRENCH STATES- MEN . OPINION OF ...
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... Providence , upon which he at all times relied . I feel that I cannot succeed without the same divine aid which sustained him ; and in the same Almighty Being I place my reliance for sup- port ; and I hope that you , my friends , will ...
... Providence , upon which he at all times relied . I feel that I cannot succeed without the same divine aid which sustained him ; and in the same Almighty Being I place my reliance for sup- port ; and I hope that you , my friends , will ...
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... Providence has given us a ruler whose honesty is " clear as the sun , fair as the moon , " and , to our malignant foes , " terrible as an army with banners " ! Reader , how much do you suppose our enemies would give for the proof of ...
... Providence has given us a ruler whose honesty is " clear as the sun , fair as the moon , " and , to our malignant foes , " terrible as an army with banners " ! Reader , how much do you suppose our enemies would give for the proof of ...
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... Providence ; " and , believing , he maintains . " Frequently he alluded , in his speeches on his presidential tour , to the utter impossibility of foreseeing what the morrow might bring forth to the country ; and , at Buffalo , he used ...
... Providence ; " and , believing , he maintains . " Frequently he alluded , in his speeches on his presidential tour , to the utter impossibility of foreseeing what the morrow might bring forth to the country ; and , at Buffalo , he used ...
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... Providence , and a determination to follow its teachings . To the Synod of the Baltimore Old - School Presbyterians , who paid their respects to him in a body , he replied : - " I can only say in this case , as in so many others , that ...
... Providence , and a determination to follow its teachings . To the Synod of the Baltimore Old - School Presbyterians , who paid their respects to him in a body , he replied : - " I can only say in this case , as in so many others , that ...
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Abraham Lincoln Administration antislavery appears arms army believe Boston called carry cause character claim close Conduct consider Constitution Department desired duty early election Emancipation enemy equal experience expressed fact favor feel force freedom friends GEORGE H give going Government greater hand heart History honesty honor hope interest issued letter liberty live loyal M'Clellan mean measures military move never North opinion party passed Peace political Portrait position present preserve President President's Price principles proclamation prove Providence question Rebellion rebels remarkable respect Results Richmond Senate sent simple slavery soldiers South speech success sure sympathy thing thought tion treason true truth Union United views visited volumes Washington White House whole WISE
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Página 12 - The power confided to me will be used to hold, occupy, and possess the property and places belonging to the government, and to collect the duties and imposts...
Página 62 - And upon this act, sincerely believed to be an act of justice, warranted by the Constitution upon military necessity, I invoke the considerate judgment of mankind and the gracious favor of Almighty God.
Página 8 - no one not in my position can appreciate the sadness I feel at this parting. To this people I owe all that I am. Here I have lived more than a quarter of a century. Here my children were born, and here one of them lies buried. I know not how soon I shall see you again.
Página 11 - 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 12 - I shall have the most solemn one to "preserve, protect, and defend" it. I am loath to close. 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 battle-field 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 32 - 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. \Vhither it is tending seems plain. If God now wills the removal of a great wrong, and wills also that we of the North, as well as you of the South, shall pay fairly for our complicity in that wrong, impartial history will find therein new cause to attest and revere the justice and goodness of God.
Página 10 - It is true, as has been said by the president of the Senate, that very great responsibility rests upon me in the position to which the votes of the American people have called me. I am deeply sensible of that weighty responsibility. I cannot but know what you all know...
Página 27 - Was it possible to lose the nation, and yet preserve the Constitution ? By general law, life and limb must be protected ; yet often a limb must be amputated to save a life, but a life is never wisely given to save a limb.
Página 44 - Blondin, stand up a little straighter — Blondin, stoop a little more — go a little faster — lean a little more to the north — lean a little more to the south.
Página 57 - As I understand, you telegraphed General Halleck that you cannot subsist your army at Winchester unless the railroad from Harper's Ferry to that point be put in working order. But the enemy does now subsist his army at Winchester, at a distance nearly twice as great from railroad transportation as you would have to do without the railroad last named.