Abraham Lincoln: His Life and Public ServicesB.B. Russell, 1865 - 216 páginas |
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... once . دو Of this remarkable man it can be said , as it was said of our Lord Jesus Christ , " The common people heard him gladly ; and therefore a memoir expressly designed for the mass of readers in our country cannot fail to be warmly ...
... once . دو Of this remarkable man it can be said , as it was said of our Lord Jesus Christ , " The common people heard him gladly ; and therefore a memoir expressly designed for the mass of readers in our country cannot fail to be warmly ...
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... once more weeps over its beloved dead . True , there were apparent points of difference , but only such as , under Providence , were needed to fit each for their separate duties and destinies as leaders of the American people in their ...
... once more weeps over its beloved dead . True , there were apparent points of difference , but only such as , under Providence , were needed to fit each for their separate duties and destinies as leaders of the American people in their ...
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... once made this instructive declaration , in a conversation with his friend Eckerman : " Each bon - mot has cost me a purse of gold : half a million of my own money , the fortune I inherited , my salary , and the large income I have ...
... once made this instructive declaration , in a conversation with his friend Eckerman : " Each bon - mot has cost me a purse of gold : half a million of my own money , the fortune I inherited , my salary , and the large income I have ...
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... once expressed in rhythmical harmony , that— " Prayer moves the hand which moves the world ; " but as there are forces in Nature whose origin and in- fluence we cannot fully explain , while yet we are com- pelled to acknowledge their ...
... once expressed in rhythmical harmony , that— " Prayer moves the hand which moves the world ; " but as there are forces in Nature whose origin and in- fluence we cannot fully explain , while yet we are com- pelled to acknowledge their ...
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... resulted in the defeat of their champion by the tall sinewy stranger , who at once became a favorite with " The Pioneer Boy , " p . 252 . · those who gauged men by their physical endurance and courage PREPARATION FOR HIS WORK . 39.
... resulted in the defeat of their champion by the tall sinewy stranger , who at once became a favorite with " The Pioneer Boy , " p . 252 . · those who gauged men by their physical endurance and courage PREPARATION FOR HIS WORK . 39.
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Abraham Lincoln Almighty arms army beloved Black-Hawk bless blood called Capitol catafalque cause Charles Sumner Christian citizens civil Congress Constitution dead Declaration of Independence declared divine duty early earth eloquent emancipation eyes faith father flatboat freedom Frémont friends funeral Government hand heart heaven honor hope hour Illinois immortal inaugural justice labor land Libby Prison liberty Lincoln Memorial living Lord loyal martyred Mary Webb memory ment mighty military mind mother nation never oath Parbar party patriotism peace persons prayer President Lincoln President's prisoner proclamation rebellion received seemed Senate SEWARD side slavery slaves soldiers solemn sorrow soul South Spencer County spirit struggle tender thereof things thought tion trials triumph truth Union United victory Washington White House whole William Wallace Lincoln wisdom witness words
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Página 146 - 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 57 - Then Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed him in the midst of his brethren; and the Spirit of the LORD came upon David from that day forward.
Página 146 - 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 97 - 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. I felt that measures, otherwise unconstitutional, might become lawful by becoming indispensable to the preservation of the Constitution through the preservation of the nation.
Página 192 - God, must needs come, but which, having continued through His appointed time, He now wills to remove, and that He gives to both North and South this terrible war as the woe due to those by whom the offense came, shall we discern therein any departure from those divine attributes which the believers in a living God always ascribe to Him?
Página 142 - ... 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 142 - St. Mary, St. Martin, and Orleans, including the city of New Orleans), Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina...
Página 124 - I do not forget the position assumed by some, that constitutional questions are to be decided by the Supreme Court; nor do I deny that such decisions must be binding, in any case, upon the parties to a suit, as to the object of that suit, while they are also entitled to very high respect and consideration in all parallel cases by all other departments of the government.
Página 141 - 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 121 - I trust this will not be regarded as a menace, but only as the declared purpose of the Union that it will constitutionally defend and maintain itself. In doing this there need be no bloodshed or violence ; and there shall be none, unless it be forced upon the National authority.