Anecdotes of Abraham Lincoln and Lincoln's Stories: Including Early Life Stories, Professional Life Stories, White House Stories, War Stories, Miscellaneous StoriesRhodes & McClure, 1880 - 188 pages |
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... SPRINGFIELD , ILLINOIS_- ABRAHAM LINCOLN , the LAWYER .. UNITED STATES CAPITOL AT WASHINGTON ... WHITE PIGEON CHURCH ... LINCOLN MONUMENT , SPRINGFIELD , ILLINOIS .. DOUGLAS MONUMENT , CHICAGO- HOME OF THE LINCOLNS IN INDIANA . Vignette ...
... SPRINGFIELD , ILLINOIS_- ABRAHAM LINCOLN , the LAWYER .. UNITED STATES CAPITOL AT WASHINGTON ... WHITE PIGEON CHURCH ... LINCOLN MONUMENT , SPRINGFIELD , ILLINOIS .. DOUGLAS MONUMENT , CHICAGO- HOME OF THE LINCOLNS IN INDIANA . Vignette ...
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... Springfield , where he some time afterwards married . It is related that during the war a lady belonging tɔ a prominent Kentucky family visited Washington to beg for her son's pardon , who was then in prison under sentence of death for ...
... Springfield , where he some time afterwards married . It is related that during the war a lady belonging tɔ a prominent Kentucky family visited Washington to beg for her son's pardon , who was then in prison under sentence of death for ...
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... Springfield , Ill . , is responsible for the following interesting story : Mr. Hale , in May , 1861 ( after Lincoln's election to the Presidency ) , went out about seven miles from his home to visit a sick lady , and found there a Mrs ...
... Springfield , Ill . , is responsible for the following interesting story : Mr. Hale , in May , 1861 ( after Lincoln's election to the Presidency ) , went out about seven miles from his home to visit a sick lady , and found there a Mrs ...
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... Springfield , quoted one of Mr. Lincoln's early friends - W . T. Greene- as having said that the first time he ever saw Mr. Lincoln , he was in the Sangamon River with his trousers rolled up five feet , more or less , trying to pilot a ...
... Springfield , quoted one of Mr. Lincoln's early friends - W . T. Greene- as having said that the first time he ever saw Mr. Lincoln , he was in the Sangamon River with his trousers rolled up five feet , more or less , trying to pilot a ...
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... Springfield . Lincoln said he was poor -- that he had no money to buy books , or to live where books might be borrowed and used . Major Stuart ' offered to lend him all he needed , and he decided to take the kind lawyer's advice , and ...
... Springfield . Lincoln said he was poor -- that he had no money to buy books , or to live where books might be borrowed and used . Major Stuart ' offered to lend him all he needed , and he decided to take the kind lawyer's advice , and ...
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Page 136 - I believe you to be a brave and skilful 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...
Page 108 - 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 136 - I have heard, in such a way as to believe it, of your recently saying that both the army and the government needed a dictator. Of course it was not for this, but in spite of it, that I have given you the command. Only those generals who gain successes can set up dictators. What I now ask of you is military success, and I will risk the dictatorship.
Page 136 - I have placed you at the head of the Army of the Potomac. Of course I have done this upon what appear to me to be sufficient reasons, and yet I think it best for you to know that there are some things in regard to which I am not quite satisfied with you.
Page 162 - Who beats his wife and a' that, Be nothing but a rascal boor, Nor half a man for a' that. It comes to this, dear Brother Burns — The truth is old, and a' that — "The rank is but the guinea's stamp, The man's the gold for a...
Page 118 - I am not accustomed to the use of the language of eulogy ; I have never studied the art of paying compliments to women ; but I must say that, if all that has been said by orators and poets, since the creation of the world, in praise of women were applied to the women of America, it would not do them justice for their conduct during this war.
Page 181 - 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 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 140 - You say your husband is a religious man; tell him when you meet him, that I say I am not much of a judge of religion, but that, in my opinion, the religion that sets men to rebel and fight against their government, because, as they think, that government does not sufficiently help some men to eat their bread in the sweat of other men's faces, is not the sort of religion upon which people can get to heaven.