Abraham Lincoln: Tributes from His Associates, Reminiscences of Soldiers, Statesmen and CitizensT.Y. Crowell, 1895 - 295 páginas |
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... face , which was always a title - page , most clearly revealed the painful strain of the life he lived . Others were more fortunate in falling under the fascinating influences of the natural man on those few occasions when trouble ...
... face , which was always a title - page , most clearly revealed the painful strain of the life he lived . Others were more fortunate in falling under the fascinating influences of the natural man on those few occasions when trouble ...
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... face to face , on his way from his office downstairs to his luncheon . He grasped my hand and said : " Well , well ! is this you ? What can I do for you ? " I commenced to tell my errand , when he D broke out in the most tender and ...
... face to face , on his way from his office downstairs to his luncheon . He grasped my hand and said : " Well , well ! is this you ? What can I do for you ? " I commenced to tell my errand , when he D broke out in the most tender and ...
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... faces are associated in memory with the events of that time . Yet it often seems strange , unnatural , to find that the people met and talked with in every - day life , all of them who are of less than middle age , are but vaguely ...
... faces are associated in memory with the events of that time . Yet it often seems strange , unnatural , to find that the people met and talked with in every - day life , all of them who are of less than middle age , are but vaguely ...
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... face but what he was bringing good news . The President could receive any kind of tidings with less variation of face or manner than any other man , and there was a reason for it . He never seemed to hear anything with reference to ...
... face but what he was bringing good news . The President could receive any kind of tidings with less variation of face or manner than any other man , and there was a reason for it . He never seemed to hear anything with reference to ...
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... faces ; the members of the Cabinet came , to consult or to condole with the President . There were army and navy officers , but only such as were sent for . The house was as if a funeral were going forward , and those who entered or ...
... faces ; the members of the Cabinet came , to consult or to condole with the President . There were army and navy officers , but only such as were sent for . The house was as if a funeral were going forward , and those who entered or ...
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Página 293 - Fondly do we hope — fervently do we pray — that this mighty scourge of war may speedily pass away. Yet, if God wills that it continue until all the wealth piled by the bondman's two hundred and fifty years of unrequited toil shall be sunk, and until every drop of blood drawn with the lash shall be paid by another drawn with the sword, as was said three thousand years ago, so still it must be said, " The judgments of the Lord are true and righteous altogether.
Página 291 - The progress of our arms, upon which all else chiefly depends, is as well known to the public as to myself, and it is, I trust reasonably satisfactory and encouraging to all. With high hope for the future, no prediction in regard to it is ventured.
Página 231 - A duty devolves upon me which is, perhaps, greater than that which has devolved upon any other man since the days of WASHINGTON. He never would have succeeded except for the aid of Divine Providence, upon which he at all times relied. I feel that I cannot succeed without the same Divine aid which sustained him, and...
Página 70 - I may be on the brink of eternity; and as I hope forgiveness from my Maker, I have written this letter with sincerity towards you and from love for my country.
Página 229 - While I am deeply sensible to the high compliment of a re-election, and duly grateful as I trust to Almighty God for having directed my countrymen to a right conclusion, as I think, for their own good, it adds nothing to my satisfaction that any other man may be disappointed or pained by the result.
Página 288 - What I do say is, that no man is good enough to govern another man, without that other's consent.
Página 275 - 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 263 - I want every man to have a chance— and I believe a black man is entitled to it— in which he can better his condition...
Página 19 - Upon the subject of education, not presuming to dictate any plan or system respecting it, I can only say that I view it as the most important subject which we, as a people, can be engaged in.
Página 260 - Our fathers, when they framed the government under which we live, understood this question just as well, and even better than we do now" I fully indorse this, and I adopt it as a text for this discourse.