Anecdotes of Abraham Lincoln and Lincoln's Stories: Including Early Life Stories, Professional Life Stories, White House Stories, War Stories, Miscellaneous StoriesRhodes & McClure, 1879 - 188 pages |
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... Speaking of General Cass ' career reminds me of my own . I was not at Stillman's Defeat , but I was about as near it as Cass to Hull's surrender ; and like him I saw the place very soon afterward . It is quite certain I did not break my ...
... Speaking of General Cass ' career reminds me of my own . I was not at Stillman's Defeat , but I was about as near it as Cass to Hull's surrender ; and like him I saw the place very soon afterward . It is quite certain I did not break my ...
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... speaking of your mother , ) was too short for me to reasonably hope to long be remembered by her ; and still I am sure I shall not forget her soon . Try if you can not remind her of that debt she owes me , and be sure you do not ...
... speaking of your mother , ) was too short for me to reasonably hope to long be remembered by her ; and still I am sure I shall not forget her soon . Try if you can not remind her of that debt she owes me , and be sure you do not ...
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... speaking of the fact , subsequently said that Douglas was then " the least man he ever saw . " He was not only very short , but very slender . LINCOLN's mother died in 1818 , scarcely two years after her removal to Indiana from Kentucky ...
... speaking of the fact , subsequently said that Douglas was then " the least man he ever saw . " He was not only very short , but very slender . LINCOLN's mother died in 1818 , scarcely two years after her removal to Indiana from Kentucky ...
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... speaking in a court - house , which had been a store - house , and , on making some remarks that were offensive to ... speak , and ought to be permitted to do so . I am here to protect him , and no man shall take him from this stand if I ...
... speaking in a court - house , which had been a store - house , and , on making some remarks that were offensive to ... speak , and ought to be permitted to do so . I am here to protect him , and no man shall take him from this stand if I ...
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... speak for freedom and against slavery , as long as the Constitution of our country guarantees free speech , until everywhere on this wide land the sun shall shine , and the rain shall fall , and the wind shall blow upon no man who goes ...
... speak for freedom and against slavery , as long as the Constitution of our country guarantees free speech , until everywhere on this wide land the sun shall shine , and the rain shall fall , and the wind shall blow upon no man who goes ...
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Page 100 - And Jacob their father said unto them, Me have ye bereaved of my children: Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and ye will take Benjamin away: all these things are against me.
Page 128 - I believe you to be a brave and skillful soldier, which of course I like. I also believe you do not mix politics with your profession, in which you are right. You have confidence in yourself, which is a valuable if not an indispensable quality. You are ambitious, which, within reasonable bounds, does good rather than harm ; but I think that during...
Page 128 - 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 as dictators. What I now ask of you is military success, and I will risk the dictatorship.
Page 128 - General : I have placed you at the head of the Army of the Potomac. Of course I have done this upon what appear to me to be sufficient reasons, and yet I think it best for you to know that there are some things in regard to which I am not quite satisfied with you. I believe you to be a brave and skilful soldier, which, of course, I like.
Page 128 - Burnside's command of the army you have taken counsel of your ambition and thwarted him as much as you could, in which you did a great wrong to the country and to a most meritorious and honorable brother officer. 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.
Page 6 - take us and our trunks out to the steamer?' 'Certainly,' said I. I was very glad to have the chance of earning 109 something.
Page 32 - I presume you all know who I am. I am humble Abraham Lincoln. I have been solicited by many friends to become a candidate for the Legislature. My politics are short and sweet, like the old woman's dance. I am in favor of a national bank. I am in favor of the internal improvement system and a high protective tariff. These are my sentiments and political principles. If elected I shall be thankful ; if not it will be all the same.
Page 12 - I recollect thinking then, boy even though I was, that there must have been something more than common that those men struggled for.
Page 102 - What good would a proclamation of emancipation from me do, especially as we are now situated? I do not want to issue a document that the whole world will see must necessarily be inoperative, like the Pope's bull against the comet.
Page 153 - Oh, do go on !' would compel him to resume. As I looked upon the gaunt and sinewy frame of the stranger, and marked his powerful head and determined features, now touched into softness by the impressions of the moment, I felt an irrepressible curiosity to learn something more about him, and when he was quietly leaving the room I begged to know his name. He courteously replied, ' It is Abraham Lincoln, from Illinois.