Abraham Lincoln, the First AmericanJennings & Graham, 1894 - 236 pages |
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... hundred - acre tract of land on Knob Creek , a few miles away . Here his son attended a school taught by George Hazel , whose only text - book was also a " Speller . " REMOVAL TO INDIANA . LAVERY and imperfect land - titles 12 ABRAHAM ...
... hundred - acre tract of land on Knob Creek , a few miles away . Here his son attended a school taught by George Hazel , whose only text - book was also a " Speller . " REMOVAL TO INDIANA . LAVERY and imperfect land - titles 12 ABRAHAM ...
Page 13
... hundred dollars . The man had but little money , but Lincoln accepted the terms offered - twenty dollars in money and ten barrels of whisky worth $ 28 a barrel . Whisky in those days was salable everywhere , and was consid- ered as safe ...
... hundred dollars . The man had but little money , but Lincoln accepted the terms offered - twenty dollars in money and ten barrels of whisky worth $ 28 a barrel . Whisky in those days was salable everywhere , and was consid- ered as safe ...
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... hundred dollars ; if it were only seven hundred and fifty , I would go directly and purchase a quarter - section of land , and settle it upon my old stepmother . " His friend said that if the deficiency was all he needed , he would loan ...
... hundred dollars ; if it were only seven hundred and fifty , I would go directly and purchase a quarter - section of land , and settle it upon my old stepmother . " His friend said that if the deficiency was all he needed , he would loan ...
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... hundred rails for every yard of cloth used , and the bargain was faithfully carried out . Not long afterward a man named Offutt engaged Lincoln to take a flatboat loaded with country produce , and sell it . A herd of pigs constituted ...
... hundred rails for every yard of cloth used , and the bargain was faithfully carried out . Not long afterward a man named Offutt engaged Lincoln to take a flatboat loaded with country produce , and sell it . A herd of pigs constituted ...
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... hundred dollars with which to buy clothes and pay his expenses during the session of the Legislature . To save the ex- pense , he walked to Vandalia , the capital , a dis- tance of about one hundred miles , carrying his clothes in a ...
... hundred dollars with which to buy clothes and pay his expenses during the session of the Legislature . To save the ex- pense , he walked to Vandalia , the capital , a dis- tance of about one hundred miles , carrying his clothes in a ...
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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.