Anecdotes of Abraham Lincoln and Lincoln's Stories: Including Early Life Stories, Professional Life Stories, White House Stories, War Stories, Miscellaneous StoriesRhodes & McClure, 1879 - 188 pages |
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... believe my eyes as I picked up the money . Gentle- men , you may think it was a very little thing , and in these days it seems to me a trifle ; but it was a most important incident in my life . I could scarcely credit that I , a poor ...
... believe my eyes as I picked up the money . Gentle- men , you may think it was a very little thing , and in these days it seems to me a trifle ; but it was a most important incident in my life . I could scarcely credit that I , a poor ...
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... believe that Abraham's poverty of books was the wealth of his life . These three books did much to perfect that which his mother's teachings had begun , and to form a character which , for quaint simplicity , earnestness , truth ...
... believe that Abraham's poverty of books was the wealth of his life . These three books did much to perfect that which his mother's teachings had begun , and to form a character which , for quaint simplicity , earnestness , truth ...
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... believe Mr. Simmons was not far out of the way and thought his statement seemed very characteristic of what Abraham Lincoln may be supposed to have been at twenty- three or twenty - five years of age . Captain Lincoln - How he Became ...
... believe Mr. Simmons was not far out of the way and thought his statement seemed very characteristic of what Abraham Lincoln may be supposed to have been at twenty- three or twenty - five years of age . Captain Lincoln - How he Became ...
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... of telling you how much happi- ness I wish you both , though I believe you both can con- ceive it . I feel somewhat jealous of both of you now , for you will be so exclusively concerned for one another that 44 LINCOLN STORIES .
... of telling you how much happi- ness I wish you both , though I believe you both can con- ceive it . I feel somewhat jealous of both of you now , for you will be so exclusively concerned for one another that 44 LINCOLN STORIES .
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... believe me , yours forever , LINCOLN . Lincoln's Mother - How He Loved Her . " A great man , " says J. G. Holland , " never drew his infant life from a purer or more womanly bosom than her own ; and Mr. Lincoln always looked back to her ...
... believe me , yours forever , LINCOLN . Lincoln's Mother - How He Loved Her . " A great man , " says J. G. Holland , " never drew his infant life from a purer or more womanly bosom than her own ; and Mr. Lincoln always looked back to her ...
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Page 106 - And Jacob their father said unto them, Me have ye bereaved of my children: Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and ye will take Benjamin away: all these things are against me.
Page 134 - I believe you to be a brave and skillful soldier, which of course I like. I also believe you do not mix politics with your profession, in which you are right. You have confidence in yourself, which is a valuable if not an indispensable quality. You are ambitious, which, within reasonable bounds, does good rather than harm ; but I think that during...
Page 179 - With me, the race of ambition has been a failure — a flat failure; with him, it has been one of splendid success. His name fills the nation, and is not unknown even in foreign lands. I affect no contempt for the high eminence he has reached. So reached that the oppressed of my species might have shared with me in the elevation, I would rather stand on that eminence than wear the richest crown that ever pressed a monarch's brow.
Page 14 - take us and our trunks out to the steamer ?' ' Certainly,' said I. I was very glad to have the chance of earning something.
Page 13 - Well," replied he, " I was about eighteen years of age. I belonged, you know, to what they call down South, the 'scrubs;' people who do not own slaves are nobody there. But we had succeeded in raising, chiefly by my labor, sufficient produce, as I thought, to justify me in taking it down the river to sell.
Page 40 - I presume you all know who I am. I am humble Abraham Lincoln. I have been solicited by many friends to become a candidate for the Legislature. My politics are short and sweet, like the old woman's dance. I am in favor of a national bank. I am in favor of the internal improvement system and a high protective tariff. These are my sentiments and political principles. If elected I shall be thankful ; if not it will be all the same.
Page 97 - 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.
Page 40 - I am a military hero ? Yes, sir ; in the days of the Black Hawk war I fought, bled, and came away.
Page 108 - What good would a proclamation of emancipation from me do, especially as we are now situated? I do not want to issue a document that the whole world will see must necessarily be inoperative, like the Pope's bull against the comet.
Page 159 - Oh, do go on !' would compel him to resume. As I looked upon the gaunt and sinewy frame of the stranger, and marked his powerful head and determined features, now touched into softness by the impressions of the moment, I felt an irrepressible curiosity to learn something more about him, and when he was quietly leaving the room I begged to know his name. He courteously replied, ' It is Abraham Lincoln, from Illinois.