Abraham Lincoln, the First AmericanJennings & Graham, 1894 - 236 pages |
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... success . His name fills the nation , and it is not unknown 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 ...
... success . His name fills the nation , and it is not unknown 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 ...
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... success , that many of the Republicans , unconscious of the latent power of Lincoln , became alarmed . Douglas had so uni- formly triumphed , and his power over the people was so great , that many were disheartened , and feared the ...
... success , that many of the Republicans , unconscious of the latent power of Lincoln , became alarmed . Douglas had so uni- formly triumphed , and his power over the people was so great , that many were disheartened , and feared the ...
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... success in the West ; but he had no expecta- tion of any marked success in the East , particu- larly among literary and learned men . " Now , " said Mr. Lincoln , " I should very much like to know what it was in my speech which you ...
... success in the West ; but he had no expecta- tion of any marked success in the East , particu- larly among literary and learned men . " Now , " said Mr. Lincoln , " I should very much like to know what it was in my speech which you ...
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... success which gave me more pleasure than any I have had since . I went into the campaign , was elected ; ran for the Legislature the same year ( 1832 ) , and was beaten - the only time I ever have been beaten by the people . The next ...
... success which gave me more pleasure than any I have had since . I went into the campaign , was elected ; ran for the Legislature the same year ( 1832 ) , and was beaten - the only time I ever have been beaten by the people . The next ...
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... successes can set up dictators . What I now ask of you is military success , and I will risk the dictatorship . The Government will support you to the utmost of its ability - which is neither more nor less than it has done , and will do ...
... successes can set up dictators . What I now ask of you is military success , and I will risk the dictatorship . The Government will support you to the utmost of its ability - which is neither more nor less than it has done , and will do ...
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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.