The Life of Abraham Lincoln: Drawn from Original Sources and Containing Many Speeches, Letters, and Telegrams Hitherto Unpublished, and Illustrated with Many Reproductions from Original Paintings, Photographs, Etc, Volumen1Lincoln History Society, 1900 |
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... nature is less severe some spot farther on , to which a friend or a neighbor has preceded , and from which he sends back glowing reports . It may be that Thomas Lincoln was tempted into Indiana by the reports of his brother Joseph , who ...
... nature is less severe some spot farther on , to which a friend or a neighbor has preceded , and from which he sends back glowing reports . It may be that Thomas Lincoln was tempted into Indiana by the reports of his brother Joseph , who ...
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... nature , his doggerel verses , his practical jokes , and by a rough kind of politeness — for even in Indiana in those times there was a notion of politeness , and one of Lincoln's school - masters had given “ lessons in manners ...
... nature , his doggerel verses , his practical jokes , and by a rough kind of politeness — for even in Indiana in those times there was a notion of politeness , and one of Lincoln's school - masters had given “ lessons in manners ...
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... nature . He even saw in those days one of his companions go suddenly mad . The young man never re- covered his reason but sank into idiocy . All night he would croon plaintive songs , and Lincoln himself tells how , fasci- nated by this ...
... nature . He even saw in those days one of his companions go suddenly mad . The young man never re- covered his reason but sank into idiocy . All night he would croon plaintive songs , and Lincoln himself tells how , fasci- nated by this ...
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... life the depths of his nature were unclouded . He could feel intensely , and his imagination was quick to respond to the touch of mystery . Linol WITH ARGUMENTS PREFIXED TO THE DIFFERENT BOOKS , AND 28 LIFE OF LINCOLN.
... life the depths of his nature were unclouded . He could feel intensely , and his imagination was quick to respond to the touch of mystery . Linol WITH ARGUMENTS PREFIXED TO THE DIFFERENT BOOKS , AND 28 LIFE OF LINCOLN.
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... nature and deeds , as Weems does , than to contend that he was only a man who , if wise and good , still made mistakes and was guilty of follies , like other men . Besides these books he borrowed many others . He once told a friend that ...
... nature and deeds , as Weems does , than to contend that he was only a man who , if wise and good , still made mistakes and was guilty of follies , like other men . Besides these books he borrowed many others . He once told a friend that ...
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Página 33 - There shall be neither slavery nor involuntary servitude in the said territory otherwise than in the punishment of crimes, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted; Provided, always, That any person escaping into the same, from whom labor or service is lawfully claimed in any one of the original States, such fugitive may be lawfully reclaimed and conveyed to the person claiming his or her labor or service as aforesaid.
Página 27 - ... 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.
Página 144 - 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.
Página 127 - While acting as their representative, I shall be governed by their will on all subjects upon which I have the means of knowing what their will is; and upon all others I shall do what my own judgment teaches me will best advance their interests. Whether elected or not, I go for distributing the proceeds of the sales of the public lands to the several States, to enable our State, in common with others, to dig canals and construct railroads without borrowing money and paying the interest on it. If alive...
Página 193 - ... wishes to hinder him. Allow me to assure you that suspicion and jealousy never did help any man in any situation. There may sometimes be ungenerous attempts to keep a young man down; and they will succeed, too, if he allows his mind to be diverted from its true channel to brood over the attempted injury. Cast about and see if this feeling has not injured every person you have ever known to fall into it.
Página 152 - And for the purpose of making the matter as plain as possible, I now say that you can now drop the subject, dismiss your thoughts (if you ever had any) from me forever, and leave this letter unanswered without calling forth one accusing murmur from me.
Página 181 - I am now the most miserable man living. If what I feel were equally distributed to the whole human family, there would not be one cheerful face on earth. Whether I shall ever be better, I cannot tell ; I awfully forebode I shall not. To remain as I am is impossible. I must die or be better, as it appears to me.
Página 144 - 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 abate its evils. They believe that the Congress of the United States has no power under the Constitution to interfere with the institution of slavery in the different States. They believe that the Congress of the United States has the power, under the Constitution, to abolish slavery in the District of Columbia, but that the power...
Página 76 - Abraham joined a volunteer company, and, to his own surprise, was elected captain of it. He says he has not since had any success in life which gave him so much satisfaction.
Página 202 - It always seemed to me that slaves would be taken there in about equal numbers, with or without annexation. And if more were taken because of annexation, still there would be just so many the fewer left where they were taken from. It is possibly true, to some extent, that, with annexation, some slaves may be sent to Texas and continued in slavery that otherwise might have been liberated. To whatever extent this may be true, I think annexation an evil. I hold it to be a paramount duty of us in the...