Abraham Lincoln: Tributes from His Associates, Reminiscences of Soldiers, Statesmen and CitizensT.Y. Crowell, 1895 - 295 páginas |
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... remember nothing but one noble hero , carrying with anxious , yet cheerful , but almost super- natural strength the weight of a Nation's hope , the bur- den of a Nation's fate . Just such a man they also saw who met him but once ...
... remember nothing but one noble hero , carrying with anxious , yet cheerful , but almost super- natural strength the weight of a Nation's hope , the bur- den of a Nation's fate . Just such a man they also saw who met him but once ...
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... remember best the remarkable occurrences that happened in our youth . It was my first season on the stage . I was what was termed the call - boy . The call - boy is a messenger for the stage manager , and is often assigned to play some ...
... remember best the remarkable occurrences that happened in our youth . It was my first season on the stage . I was what was termed the call - boy . The call - boy is a messenger for the stage manager , and is often assigned to play some ...
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... remembers the above conversation , and gave the substance of it in a recent after - dinner address in Wash- ington , but not so fully as the above . Of course , he could not be expected to recall it so well , " done to the death " as he ...
... remembers the above conversation , and gave the substance of it in a recent after - dinner address in Wash- ington , but not so fully as the above . Of course , he could not be expected to recall it so well , " done to the death " as he ...
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... remember only that Mr. Seward answered a proposition from me in such a way that it made me feel very small and very young . I now only recall the fact of a young man's mortification and his resolution thereafter to hearken diligently ...
... remember only that Mr. Seward answered a proposition from me in such a way that it made me feel very small and very young . I now only recall the fact of a young man's mortification and his resolution thereafter to hearken diligently ...
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... remember this occasion afterward . After Chancellorsville , several officers high in command , some aspiring , went to Mr. Lincoln at the White House and besought my removal . At General Hooker's tent one day I was made to understand ...
... remember this occasion afterward . After Chancellorsville , several officers high in command , some aspiring , went to Mr. Lincoln at the White House and besought my removal . At General Hooker's tent one day I was made to understand ...
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Página 295 - If we shall suppose that American Slavery is one of those offences which, in the providence of God, must needs come, but which, having continued through His appointed time, He now wills to remove, and that He gives to both North and South, this terrible war, as the woe due to those by whom the offence came, shall we discern therein any departure from those divine attributes which the believers in a Living God always ascribe to Him? Fondly do we hope — fervently do we pray — that this mighty scourge...
Página 293 - 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.
Página 233 - A duty devolves upon me which is, perhaps, greater than that which has devolved upon any other man since the days of WASHINGTON. He never would have succeeded except for the aid of Divine Providence, upon which he at all times relied. I feel that I cannot succeed without the same Divine aid which sustained him, and...
Página 231 - While I am deeply sensible to the high compliment of a re-election, and duly grateful as I trust to Almighty God for having directed my countrymen to a right conclusion, as I think, for their own good, it adds nothing to my satisfaction that any other man may be disappointed or pained by the result.
Página 277 - Blondin, stand up a little straighter — Blondin, stoop a little more — go a little faster — lean a little more to the north — lean a little more to the south...
Página 265 - I want every man to have a chance— and I believe a black man is entitled to it— in which he can better his condition...
Página 70 - I may be on the brink of eternity; and as I hope forgiveness from my Maker, I have written this letter with sincerity towards you and from love for my country.
Página 19 - Upon the subject of education, not presuming to dictate any plan or system respecting it, I can only say that I view it as the most important subject which we, as a people, can be engaged in.
Página 21 - I go for all sharing the privileges of the government who assist in bearing its burdens. Consequently, I go for admitting all whites to the right of suffrage who pay taxes or bear arms (by no means excluding females).
Página 262 - Our fathers, when they framed the government under which we live, understood this question just as well, and even better than we do now.