Abraham Lincoln: His Life and Public ServicesB. B. Russell, 1866 - 216 Seiten |
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... character of the great and good man who has fallen among us ; delineating , as far as possible in narrating the events of his life , the growth and development of those grand and heroic virtues which stamp him with the unmistakable seal ...
... character of the great and good man who has fallen among us ; delineating , as far as possible in narrating the events of his life , the growth and development of those grand and heroic virtues which stamp him with the unmistakable seal ...
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... character and life of the Martyr - President , the labor spent in its preparation will not have been in vain , and to God will be ascribed the glory . P. A. H. READING , MASS . CONTENTS . EARLY DAYS IN OBSCURITY CULTURE PREPARATION FOR ...
... character and life of the Martyr - President , the labor spent in its preparation will not have been in vain , and to God will be ascribed the glory . P. A. H. READING , MASS . CONTENTS . EARLY DAYS IN OBSCURITY CULTURE PREPARATION FOR ...
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... character of the child and the man . The spelling - book was the key to unlock for him all the treasures of knowledge he afterward made his own . From Esop's lesson - fraught fables , soon after presented to him , he gained the aptness ...
... character of the child and the man . The spelling - book was the key to unlock for him all the treasures of knowledge he afterward made his own . From Esop's lesson - fraught fables , soon after presented to him , he gained the aptness ...
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... character for integrity and honesty . Its effect may be traced in the following story , which bids fair to become as never - failing an accompaniment to a Life of Lincoln as the hatchet case to that of Wash- ington : - " Mr. Crawford ...
... character for integrity and honesty . Its effect may be traced in the following story , which bids fair to become as never - failing an accompaniment to a Life of Lincoln as the hatchet case to that of Wash- ington : - " Mr. Crawford ...
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... character- istic energy and industry he faithfully improved . " Af ter a few weeks of practice under the eye of his in- structor , and also out of doors with a piece of chalk or charred stick , he was able to write his name , and in ...
... character- istic energy and industry he faithfully improved . " Af ter a few weeks of practice under the eye of his in- structor , and also out of doors with a piece of chalk or charred stick , he was able to write his name , and in ...
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Abraham Lincoln Æsop Almighty arms army beloved Black-Hawk bless blood called Capitol catafalque cause CHAPTER Charles Sumner Christian citizens civil Congress Constitution dead death Declaration of Independence declared divine duty early earth eloquent emancipation eyes faith father flatboat freedom Frémont friends funeral Government hand heart heaven honor hope hour Illinois immortal inaugural justice labor land Libby Prison liberty Lincoln Memorial living Lord loyal martyred Mary Webb memory ment military mind mother nation never oath Parbar party patriotism peace persons prayer President Lincoln President's prisoner proclamation rebellion received seemed Senate SEWARD side slavery slaves soldiers solemn sorrow soul South Spencer County spirit struggle tender thereof things thought tion triumph truth Union United victory Washington White House William Wallace Lincoln wisdom witness words
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Seite 205 - All the ends of the world shall remember and turn unto the LORD: and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee. 28 For the kingdom is the LORD'S : and he is the governor among the nations.
Seite 57 - Then Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed him in the midst of his brethren : and the Spirit of the Lord came upon David from that day forward.
Seite 120 - It follows from these views that no State upon its own mere motion can lawfully get out of the Union ; that resolves and ordinances to that effect are legally void ; and that acts of violence, within any State or States, against the authority of the \ United States, are insurrectionary or revolutionary, according to circumstances.
Seite 192 - 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 offense came, shall we discern therein any departure from those divine attributes which the believers in a living God always ascribe to Him?
Seite 128 - The laws of the United States have been for some time past and now are opposed, and the execution thereof obstructed in the States of South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas, by combinations too powerful to be suppressed by the ordinary course of judicial proceedings, or by the powers vested in the marshals...
Seite 141 - That, on the first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, all persons held as slaves within any State or designated part of a State, the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the United States, shall be then, thenceforward, and forever, free...
Seite 121 - I trust this will not be regarded as a menace, but only as the declared purpose of the Union that it will constitutionally defend and maintain itself. In doing this there need be no bloodshed or violence ; and there shall be none, unless it be forced upon the National authority.
Seite 138 - ... that on the first day of january in the year of our lord one thousand eight hundred and sixtythree all persons held as slaves within any state or designated part of a state the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the united states shall be then thenceforward and forever free...
Seite 120 - I therefore consider that in view of the Constitution and the laws the Union is unbroken, and to the extent of my ability I shall take care, as the Constitution itself expressly enjoins upon me, that the laws of the Union be faithfully executed in all the States.
Seite 190 - At this second appearing to take the oath of the presidential office, there is less occasion for an extended address than there was at the first. Then a statement, somewhat in detail, of a course to be pursued, seemed fitting and proper. Now, at the expiration of four years, during which public declarations have been constantly called forth on every point and phase of the great contest which still absorbs the attention and engrosses...