Abraham Lincoln, the First AmericanJennings & Graham, 1894 - 236 pages |
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... eyes sparkled , and that day he could not eat , and that night he could not sleep . It did not take Abe a great while to read the book through . So soon as he had finished it he began a second time . When he was about half 16 LINCOLN'S ...
... eyes sparkled , and that day he could not eat , and that night he could not sleep . It did not take Abe a great while to read the book through . So soon as he had finished it he began a second time . When he was about half 16 LINCOLN'S ...
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... 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 boy , had ...
... 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 boy , had ...
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... eyes unused to weep . It was It was near night when he concluded by saying , that if justice was done as he believed it would be - before the sun should set it would shine upon his client , a free man . " The jury retired , and the ...
... eyes unused to weep . It was It was near night when he concluded by saying , that if justice was done as he believed it would be - before the sun should set it would shine upon his client , a free man . " The jury retired , and the ...
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... eyes toward the west , where the sun still lingered in view , and then , turning to the youth , said : ' It is not yet sundown , and you are free . ' I confess that my cheeks were not wholly unwet by tears , and I turned from the ...
... eyes toward the west , where the sun still lingered in view , and then , turning to the youth , said : ' It is not yet sundown , and you are free . ' I confess that my cheeks were not wholly unwet by tears , and I turned from the ...
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... eyes , said : " Mr. Speaker , the attack of the member from Wabash on the constitutionality of this measure reminds me of an old friend of mine . He's a pe- culiar - looking old fellow , with shaggy , overhanging eyebrows , and a pair ...
... eyes , said : " Mr. Speaker , the attack of the member from Wabash on the constitutionality of this measure reminds me of an old friend of mine . He's a pe- culiar - looking old fellow , with shaggy , overhanging eyebrows , and a pair ...
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Page 78 - And I further declare and make known that such persons, of suitable condition will be received into the armed service of the United States to garrison forts, positions, stations, and other places and to man vessels of all sorts in said service. And upon this act, sincerely believed to be an act of justice, warranted by the Constitution upon military necessity, I invoke the considerate judgment of mankind and the gracious favor of Almighty God.
Page 215 - O Captain! my Captain! rise up and hear the bells: Rise up! for you the flag is flung — for you the bugle trills, For you bouquets and ribboned wreaths — for you the shores a-crowding; For you they call, the swaying mass, their eager faces turning. Here Captain! dear father! This arm beneath your head! It is some dream that on the deck You've fallen cold and dead.
Page 46 - I do not expect the Union to be dissolved, I do not expect the house to fall, but I do expect it will cease to be divided. It will become all one thing, or all the other. Either the opponents of slavery will arrest the further spread of it, and place it where the public mind shall rest in the belief that it is in the course of ultimate extinction; or its advocates will push it forward till it shall become alike lawful in all the States, old as well as new, North as well as South.
Page 160 - 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 221 - Any people anywhere, being inclined and having the power, have the right to rise up and shake off the existing government, and form a new one that suits them better. This is a most valuable, a most sacred right — a right which, we hope and believe, is to liberate the world.
Page 117 - Of course, when I came of age I did not know much. Still, somehow, I could read, write, and cipher to the rule of three, but that was all. I have not been to school since. The little advance I now have upon this store of education, I have picked up from time to time under the pressure of necessity.
Page 215 - My Captain does not answer, his lips are pale and still, My father does not feel my arm, he has no pulse nor will, The ship is...
Page 115 - ... to the rule of three." If a straggler supposed to understand Latin happened to sojourn in the neighborhood, he was looked upon as a wizard. There was absolutely nothing to excite ambition for education. Of course, when I came of age I did not know much. Still, somehow, I could read, write and cipher to the rule of three, but that was all.
Page 38 - Resolutions upon the subject of domestic slavery having passed both branches of the General Assembly at its present session, the undersigned hereby protest against the passage of the same. They believe that the institution of slavery is founded on both injustice and bad policy; but that the promulgation of abolition doctrines tends rather to increase than to abate its evils.
Page 119 - If any personal description of me is thought desirable. it may be said, I am in height, six feet, four inches, nearly ; lean in flesh, weighing, on an average, one hundred and eighty pounds : dark complexion, with coarse black hair, and gray eyes. No other marks or brands recollected.