Abraham Lincoln: His Life and Public ServicesB.B. Russell, 1865 - 216 páginas |
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... things of the world to confound the wise ; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things that are mighty ; " And base things of the world , and things which are despised , hath God chosen , yea , and things ...
... things of the world to confound the wise ; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things that are mighty ; " And base things of the world , and things which are despised , hath God chosen , yea , and things ...
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... things , he left them to use that power or not , as they pleased . But , under this apathetic and incompetent teacher , Abraham was not destined long to stay . His father was a lover of liberty . He could not breathe freely in a slave ...
... things , he left them to use that power or not , as they pleased . But , under this apathetic and incompetent teacher , Abraham was not destined long to stay . His father was a lover of liberty . He could not breathe freely in a slave ...
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... thing ; and the culture which has only been secured through a civilization which has cost suffering and toil and thought , and even heroism and martyrdom , is still deemed to have been obtained without much expenditure , when , in fact ...
... thing ; and the culture which has only been secured through a civilization which has cost suffering and toil and thought , and even heroism and martyrdom , is still deemed to have been obtained without much expenditure , when , in fact ...
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... things being equal , he that has most power in prayer is surest of suc- cess ; for in prayer he takes hold of the arm of God , joins to his weakness the infinite strength , and finds himself possessed of the true Archimedean lever ...
... things being equal , he that has most power in prayer is surest of suc- cess ; for in prayer he takes hold of the arm of God , joins to his weakness the infinite strength , and finds himself possessed of the true Archimedean lever ...
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... thing ; " and his young soul grew more and more . Angels from the world of light hovered around his pathway , as long ago around his Lord , and as they en- camp around all God's dear children . The dream of Doddridge , which showed him ...
... thing ; " and his young soul grew more and more . Angels from the world of light hovered around his pathway , as long ago around his Lord , and as they en- camp around all God's dear children . The dream of Doddridge , which showed him ...
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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.