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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... dire extremity . Still the hunting of game over frozen ground , and the chopping of logs in the snow , was chilly work for barefooted boys ; and the next four weeks were hard ones , in the course of training through A NEW ELEMENT . 31 .
... dire extremity . Still the hunting of game over frozen ground , and the chopping of logs in the snow , was chilly work for barefooted boys ; and the next four weeks were hard ones , in the course of training through A NEW ELEMENT . 31 .
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... course of training through which little Abe was preparing for the unknown trials before him . The weeks went by , and the snow fell , and the storms whis- tled through the woods and blew drearily in through the open door and windows of ...
... course of training through which little Abe was preparing for the unknown trials before him . The weeks went by , and the snow fell , and the storms whis- tled through the woods and blew drearily in through the open door and windows of ...
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... course of wear and tear these were sure to be replaced by the regular backwoods uniform . The boys were somewhat worse off than the girls with refer- ence to clothing , for a gown of linsey - woolsey or of homespun jeans , no matter how ...
... course of wear and tear these were sure to be replaced by the regular backwoods uniform . The boys were somewhat worse off than the girls with refer- ence to clothing , for a gown of linsey - woolsey or of homespun jeans , no matter how ...
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... course of an evening , there should be over - much danc- ing performed , she should take them off again , lest a good pair of shoes should be wasted frivolously . Social features were steadily increasing in number and im- portance , now ...
... course of an evening , there should be over - much danc- ing performed , she should take them off again , lest a good pair of shoes should be wasted frivolously . Social features were steadily increasing in number and im- portance , now ...
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... course he had heard of George Washington . He knew by oral traditions , vague and fragmentary , that the Father of his Country had at one time lived in the backwoods and had fought hard battles with the Indians . His delight was great ...
... course he had heard of George Washington . He knew by oral traditions , vague and fragmentary , that the Father of his Country had at one time lived in the backwoods and had fought hard battles with the Indians . His delight was great ...
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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...