Abraham Lincoln: The True Story of a Great Life. Showing the Inner Growth, Special Training, and Peculiar Fitness of the Man for His WorkFords, Howard, & Hulbert, 1884 - 508 pages |
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... continued to be so . The old Fed- eral party was dead and buried , the Whig party was yet un- formed , and men wandered hither and thither among the great questions of the day , vainly striving to discover what these were and whither ...
... continued to be so . The old Fed- eral party was dead and buried , the Whig party was yet un- formed , and men wandered hither and thither among the great questions of the day , vainly striving to discover what these were and whither ...
Page 94
... continued so to be until a long succession of financial disasters had taught men the value of hard cash and short set- tlements . Lincoln was now a merchant ; beginning his career under a load of debt , and with the yet heavier burden ...
... continued so to be until a long succession of financial disasters had taught men the value of hard cash and short set- tlements . Lincoln was now a merchant ; beginning his career under a load of debt , and with the yet heavier burden ...
Page 131
... continued to the very end . These were , from the beginning , more near than those of mere business partners . The greater part of all that the world knows of Mr. Lincoln's early life has been gathered and pre- served by the ...
... continued to the very end . These were , from the beginning , more near than those of mere business partners . The greater part of all that the world knows of Mr. Lincoln's early life has been gathered and pre- served by the ...
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... continued in Congress if such a thing had been politically possible ; but it was not . Among other obstacles appears to have been some sort of an informal understanding between him and other Whig leaders of central Illinois aiming at a ...
... continued in Congress if such a thing had been politically possible ; but it was not . Among other obstacles appears to have been some sort of an informal understanding between him and other Whig leaders of central Illinois aiming at a ...
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... continued his kind offices to his step - mother , and to other members of the family , although some of the latter took a course in life which reflected small credit upon her or him . He probably did as much for all of them as was in ...
... continued his kind offices to his step - mother , and to other members of the family , although some of the latter took a course in life which reflected small credit upon her or him . He probably did as much for all of them as was in ...
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Page 465 - We are now far into the fifth year since a policy was initiated with the avowed object, and confident promise, of putting an end to slavery agitation. Under the operation of that policy that agitation has not only not ceased, but has constantly augmented. In my opinion, it will not cease until a crisis shall have been reached and passed. "A house divided against itself cannot stand.
Page 449 - The progress of our arms, upon which all else chiefly depends, is as well known to the public as to myself; and it is, I trust, reasonably satisfactory and encouraging to all. With high hope for the future, no prediction in regard to it is ventured. On the occasion corresponding to this four years ago, all thoughts were anxiously directed to an impending civil war.
Page 368 - Commander-in-Chief of the army and navy of the United States in time of actual armed rebellion against the authority and government of the United States, and as a fit and necessary war measure for suppressing said rebellion, do, on this first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, and in accordance with my purpose so to do, publicly proclaimed for the full period of one hundred days from the day first above mentioned, order and designate, as the States...
Page 466 - Measures, is hereby declared inoperative and void : it being the true intent and meaning of this act, not to legislate slavery into any territory or state, nor to exclude it therefrom, but to leave the people thereof perfectly free to form and regulate their domestic institutions in their own way, subject only to the constitution of the United States...
Page 171 - I do not expect the Union to be dissolved; I do not expect the house to fall; but I do expect that 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 450 - Both read the same Bible and pray to the same God, and each invokes His aid against the other. It may seem strange that any men should dare to ask a just God's assistance in wringing their bread from the sweat of other men's faces, but let us judge not, that we be not judged.
Page 368 - St. Martin, and Orleans, including the City of New Orleans. Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, and Virginia, except the fortyeight counties designated as West Virginia, and also the counties of Berkeley, Accomac, Northampton, Elizabeth City, York, Princess...
Page 465 - A house divided against itself cannot stand." I believe this government cannot endure, permanently, half slave and half free. 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...
Page 336 - An Act to Suppress Insurrection, to Punish Treason and Rebellion, to Seize and Confiscate Property of Rebels, and for Other Purposes," approved July 17, 1862, and which sections are in the words and figures following: Sec.
Page 450 - Fondly do we hope, fervently do we pray, that this mighty scourge of war may speedily pass away. Yet, if God wills that it continue until all the wealth piled by the bondman's two hundred and fifty years...