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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... occasion when the versatile Doctor had highly complimented the then coming President concerning one of his speeches : 66 ' I should very much like to know what it was in my speech which you thought so remarkable , and which interested ...
... occasion when the versatile Doctor had highly complimented the then coming President concerning one of his speeches : 66 ' I should very much like to know what it was in my speech which you thought so remarkable , and which interested ...
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... occasion he was obliged to take his grist upon the back of his father's horse , and go fifty miles to get it ground . The mill itself was very rude , and driven by horse - power . The customers were obliged to wait their " turn ...
... occasion he was obliged to take his grist upon the back of his father's horse , and go fifty miles to get it ground . The mill itself was very rude , and driven by horse - power . The customers were obliged to wait their " turn ...
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... occasion , while clerking in Offutt's store , at New Salem , Ill . , he sold a woman a little bill of goods , amount 、 ing in value by the reckoning , to two dollars six and a quar- ter cents . He received the money , and the woman ...
... occasion , while clerking in Offutt's store , at New Salem , Ill . , he sold a woman a little bill of goods , amount 、 ing in value by the reckoning , to two dollars six and a quar- ter cents . He received the money , and the woman ...
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... occasion contracted to build a boat on Sangamon River , at Sangamon Town , about seven miles northwest of Spring- field . For this work they were to receive twelve dollars a month each . When the boat was finished ( and every plank of ...
... occasion contracted to build a boat on Sangamon River , at Sangamon Town , about seven miles northwest of Spring- field . For this work they were to receive twelve dollars a month each . When the boat was finished ( and every plank of ...
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... occasion . If General Cass went in advance of me in picking whortle- berries , I guess I surpassed him in charges upon the wild onions . If he saw any live , fighting Indians , it was more than I did , but I had a good many bloody ...
... occasion . If General Cass went in advance of me in picking whortle- berries , I guess I surpassed him in charges upon the wild onions . If he saw any live , fighting Indians , it was more than I did , but I had a good many bloody ...
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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.