Lincoln and HerndonTorch Press, 1910 - 367 pages |
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... doubt one reason why Stuart chose him as managing clerk . He knew how to play the game of politics according to the rules thereof , and was not over - nice as to methods when no moral principle was involved.1 On one is- sue , however ...
... doubt one reason why Stuart chose him as managing clerk . He knew how to play the game of politics according to the rules thereof , and was not over - nice as to methods when no moral principle was involved.1 On one is- sue , however ...
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... doubts and forebodings , probably at the same time arguing against his own . He warned his friend against too much solitude and self - torture ; against mistaking the depressing influence of the weather for a suggestion of the devil ...
... doubts and forebodings , probably at the same time arguing against his own . He warned his friend against too much solitude and self - torture ; against mistaking the depressing influence of the weather for a suggestion of the devil ...
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... doubt , a secret of their long friendship . Lincoln was a conservative , Herndon a radical , but each respected the views of the other , and time taught them that wisdom lay in the middle path . They had , indeed , much in common ...
... doubt , a secret of their long friendship . Lincoln was a conservative , Herndon a radical , but each respected the views of the other , and time taught them that wisdom lay in the middle path . They had , indeed , much in common ...
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... doubt were strangely blended in him , uniting a sense of iron law with belief in luck and omens as portents of good and evil fortune . So far as is known he formulated no system , though he was quite emphatic in his denial of certain ...
... doubt were strangely blended in him , uniting a sense of iron law with belief in luck and omens as portents of good and evil fortune . So far as is known he formulated no system , though he was quite emphatic in his denial of certain ...
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... doubt had remained , it would have been dispelled by the luminous portrayal of the facts by Dr. Von Holst in his Consti- tutional History of the United States , Vol . III , p . 336. The rebuke ad- ministered to the Democratic party , by ...
... doubt had remained , it would have been dispelled by the luminous portrayal of the facts by Dr. Von Holst in his Consti- tutional History of the United States , Vol . III , p . 336. The rebuke ad- ministered to the Democratic party , by ...
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Page 278 - DEAR MADAM : I have been shown in the files of the War Department a statement of the Adjutant-General of Massachusetts that you are the mother of five sons who have died gloriously on the field of battle. I feel how weak and fruitless must be any words of mine which should attempt to beguile you from the grief of a loss so overwhelming.
Page 94 - Witch. WHEN shall we three meet again, In thunder, lightning, or in rain ? 2 Witch.
Page 278 - I feel how weak and fruitless must be any words of mine which should attempt to beguile you from the grief of a loss so overwhelming. But I cannot refrain from tendering to you the consolation that may be found in the thanks of the Republic they died to save. I pray that our heavenly Father may assuage the anguish of your bereavement, and leave you only the cherished memory of the loved and lost, and the solemn pride that must be yours to have laid so costly a sacrifice upon the altar of freedom.
Page 206 - Our fathers, when they framed the government under which we live, understood this question just as well, and even better than we do now.
Page 42 - When the white man governs himself that is self-government; but when he governs himself and also governs another man, that is more than self-government — that is despotism. If the negro is a man, why then my ancient faith teaches me that 'all men are created equal,' and that there can be no moral right in connection with one man's making a slave of another.
Page 181 - I am glad I made the late race. It gave me a hearing on the great and durable question of the age, which I could have had in no other way ; and though I now sink out of view, and shall be forgotten, I believe I have made some marks which will tell for the cause of civil liberty long after I am gone.
Page 14 - ... there's a divinity that shapes our ends, rough hew them how we will.
Page 163 - I will say then that I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of bringing about in any way the social and political equality of the white and black races...
Page 54 - That sight was a continued torment to me, and I see something like it every time I touch the Ohio or any other slave border. It is not fair for you to assume that I have no interest in a thing which has, and continually exercises, the power of making me miserable.
Page 268 - I now leave, not knowing when or whether ever I may return, with a task before me greater than that which rested upon Washington. Without the assistance of that Divine Being who ever attended him, I cannot succeed. With that assistance, I cannot fail. Trusting in Him who can go with me, and remain with you, and be everywhere for good, let us confidently hope that all will yet be well. To His care commending you, as I hope in your prayers you will commend me, I bid you an affectionate farewell.