 | Richard Josiah Hinton - 1860 - 326 pages
...present will ever forget the power and vehemence of the following passage : — " My distinguished friend says it is an insult to the emigrants to Kansas and Nebraska to suppose that they are not able to govern themselves. We must not slur over an argument of this kind, because... | |
 | Josiah Gilbert Holland - 1866 - 574 pages
...passage directly from the speech, as remarkable in its power upon the audience: "My distinguished friend says it is an insult to the emigrants to Kansas and Nebraska to suppose they arc not able to govern themselves. We must not slur over an argument of this kind because it happens... | |
 | Isaac N. Arnold - 1866 - 750 pages
...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." These great men, alike self-made, self-educated, coming early in life to Illinois, soon became leaders,... | |
 | Isaac N. Arnold - 1866 - 748 pages
...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." These great men, alike self-made, self-educated, coming early in life to Illinois, soon became leaders,... | |
 | Josiah Gilbert Holland - 1866 - 556 pages
...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." This extract touches the points of similarity between the two men, and their points of difference.... | |
 | Zachariah Atwell Mudge - 1867 - 338 pages
...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." Mr. Lincoln, in a speech early in the campaign, tEus playfully alludes to the advantages his opponent... | |
 | John Stevens Cabot Abbott - 1867 - 510 pages
...enslave the colored people. Thus pithily Mr. Lincoln replied to it : — " My distinguished friend says it is an insult to the emigrants to Kansas and Nebraska to suppose that they are not able to govern themselves. We must not slur over an argument of this kind because... | |
 | Harriet Beecher Stowe - 1868 - 652 pages
...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." Mr. Lincoln's exact position on the emancipation question at this time, is an interesting illustration... | |
 | Harriet Beecher Stowe - 1868 - 606 pages
...reached Uiat the oppressed of my species might hove 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." Mr. Lincoln's exact position on the emancipation question at this time, is an interesting illustration... | |
 | William Cunningham Gray - 1868 - 214 pages
...foot." As a specimen passage from this argument, the following may be quoted : " My distinguished friend says it is an insult to the emigrants to Kansas and Nebraska to suppose that they are not able to govern themselves. We must not slur over an argument of this kind because... | |
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... 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... 
