Abraham Lincoln: His Life and Public ServicesB.B. Russell, 1865 - 216 Seiten |
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... all nations , in all time , should afterward delight to honor . In that part of Hardin County , Ky . , now known as La Rue , on the 12th of February , 1809 , ABRAHAM LINCOLN entered upon existence . His father , Thomas Lincoln I.
... all nations , in all time , should afterward delight to honor . In that part of Hardin County , Ky . , now known as La Rue , on the 12th of February , 1809 , ABRAHAM LINCOLN entered upon existence . His father , Thomas Lincoln I.
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... father , Thomas Lincoln , and the grandfather whose patriarchal name he bore , were natives of Rockingham County ... father resulted finally in the scattering of the children . The father of our martyred President left his early home ...
... father , Thomas Lincoln , and the grandfather whose patriarchal name he bore , were natives of Rockingham County ... father resulted finally in the scattering of the children . The father of our martyred President left his early home ...
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... father could neither read nor write , save to scribble his name in rude hieroglyphic letters which could hardly be understood . The mother could not write , but she could read ; and this accomplishment made her seem a remarkable woman ...
... father could neither read nor write , save to scribble his name in rude hieroglyphic letters which could hardly be understood . The mother could not write , but she could read ; and this accomplishment made her seem a remarkable woman ...
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... father a third . After a seven - days ' journey through an uninhabited country , their resting - place at night being a blanket spread upon the ground , they arrived at the spot selected for their future residence ; and no unnecessary ...
... father a third . After a seven - days ' journey through an uninhabited country , their resting - place at night being a blanket spread upon the ground , they arrived at the spot selected for their future residence ; and no unnecessary ...
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... father married again , and secured in Mrs. Sally Johnston of Elizabethtown , Kentucky , a worthy step- mother for his children . She had three children , and seemed to have been one who could say with Mrs. Howe , - " Then spoke the ...
... father married again , and secured in Mrs. Sally Johnston of Elizabethtown , Kentucky , a worthy step- mother for his children . She had three children , and seemed to have been one who could say with Mrs. Howe , - " Then spoke the ...
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Abraham Lincoln Almighty arms army beloved Black-Hawk bless blood called Capitol catafalque cause Charles Sumner Christian citizens civil Congress Constitution dead 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 mighty 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 trials triumph truth Union United victory Washington White House whole William Wallace Lincoln wisdom witness words
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Seite 146 - If there be those who would not save the Union unless they could at the same time destroy Slavery, I do not agree with them. My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union and is not either to save or destroy Slavery.
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 146 - Union; and what I forbear, I forbear because I do not believe it would help to save the Union. I shall do less whenever I shall believe what I am doing hurts the cause, and I shall do more whenever I shall believe doing more will help the cause.
Seite 97 - By general law, life and limb must be protected ; yet often a limb must be amputated to save a life, but a life is never wisely given to save a limb. I felt that measures, otherwise unconstitutional, might become lawful by becoming indispensable to the preservation of the Constitution through the preservation of the nation.
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 142 - ... that the executive will on the first day of january aforesaid by proclamation designate the states and parts of states if any in which the people thereof respectively shall then be in rebellion against the united states and the fact that any state or the people thereof shall on that day be in good faith represented in the congress of the united states by members chosen thereto at elections wherein a majority of the qualified voters of such...
Seite 142 - St. Mary, St. Martin, and Orleans, including the city of New Orleans), Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina...
Seite 124 - I do not forget the position assumed by some, that constitutional questions are to be decided by the Supreme Court; nor do I deny that such decisions must be binding, in any case, upon the parties to a suit, as to the object of that suit, while they are also entitled to very high respect and consideration in all parallel cases by all other departments of the government.
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.