Abraham Lincoln: His Life and Public ServicesB.B. Russell, 1865 - 216 Seiten |
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... forces in Nature whose origin and in- fluence we cannot fully explain , while yet we are com- pelled to acknowledge their existence ; so , though we may not comprehend how prayer accomplishes its di- vinely appointed ends , yet it is ...
... forces in Nature whose origin and in- fluence we cannot fully explain , while yet we are com- pelled to acknowledge their existence ; so , though we may not comprehend how prayer accomplishes its di- vinely appointed ends , yet it is ...
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... home of ease send not forth the arms that move the world . He who is driven aloft by the force of circumstances becomes the noblest soul and the mighti- * Rev. Augustine Caldwell . est power . Call we a humble home , a 83 III.
... home of ease send not forth the arms that move the world . He who is driven aloft by the force of circumstances becomes the noblest soul and the mighti- * Rev. Augustine Caldwell . est power . Call we a humble home , a 83 III.
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... force , humor , energy , and eloquence of his addresses . Thus thrown again into active politics , he was elected to Congress in 1846 , from the Central Dis- trict of Illinois , by a majority of fifteen hundred , being the only Whig ...
... force , humor , energy , and eloquence of his addresses . Thus thrown again into active politics , he was elected to Congress in 1846 , from the Central Dis- trict of Illinois , by a majority of fifteen hundred , being the only Whig ...
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... force in his conclusions , which were perfectly irresistible . The vast throng were silent as death : every eye was fixed upon the speaker , and all gave him serious atten- tion . He was the tall man eloquent : his countenance glowed ...
... force in his conclusions , which were perfectly irresistible . The vast throng were silent as death : every eye was fixed upon the speaker , and all gave him serious atten- tion . He was the tall man eloquent : his countenance glowed ...
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... force of more than two thousand men , were on parade . Georgetown sent companies of cavalry , infantry , and ar- tillery , of fine appearance . The troops stationed at the City Hall and Willard's Hotel became objects of attrac- tion to ...
... force of more than two thousand men , were on parade . Georgetown sent companies of cavalry , infantry , and ar- tillery , of fine appearance . The troops stationed at the City Hall and Willard's Hotel became objects of attrac- tion to ...
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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.