The Dramatic Life of Abraham LincolnGrosset & Dunlap, 1925 - 422 Seiten Describes the life, political career, assassination and burial of Abraham Lincoln, the sixteenth President of the United States. |
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... sent to the old water mill with corn to be ground . While waiting their turn they passed their time with fighting and frolics . In these Abraham did not join and it is said that he was " the shyest , most reticent , homeliest and worst ...
... sent to the old water mill with corn to be ground . While waiting their turn they passed their time with fighting and frolics . In these Abraham did not join and it is said that he was " the shyest , most reticent , homeliest and worst ...
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... sent through the region that the preacher was coming , and nearly 200 men , women , and children gathered from far and near to hear the funeral sermon . It was a bright and sunny Sabbath morning , and so the toil - worn farmers of that ...
... sent through the region that the preacher was coming , and nearly 200 men , women , and children gathered from far and near to hear the funeral sermon . It was a bright and sunny Sabbath morning , and so the toil - worn farmers of that ...
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... room , girls on the other , and it was the lowest humiliation to be sent , for punishment , to sit on the opposite side . It is doubtful whether Abe ever owned an arithme- tic of his own while he went to school . SCHOOL DAYS 41.
... room , girls on the other , and it was the lowest humiliation to be sent , for punishment , to sit on the opposite side . It is doubtful whether Abe ever owned an arithme- tic of his own while he went to school . SCHOOL DAYS 41.
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... sent to New Orleans , and having heard of John Hanks ' reputation as a skillful boatman in Kentucky he came down the Sangamon to engage Hanks for the trip . John Hanks tells of this himself , as follows : " He wanted me to go badly ...
... sent to New Orleans , and having heard of John Hanks ' reputation as a skillful boatman in Kentucky he came down the Sangamon to engage Hanks for the trip . John Hanks tells of this himself , as follows : " He wanted me to go badly ...
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... sent to the New Orleans market , and to be sold at New Orleans was the end of all hope . Slaves here met with none of the kind destiny that sometimes fell to the lot of house servants in other states where they often be- came household ...
... sent to the New Orleans market , and to be sold at New Orleans was the end of all hope . Slaves here met with none of the kind destiny that sometimes fell to the lot of house servants in other states where they often be- came household ...
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Seite 129 - 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).
Seite 364 - The result of the last week must convince you of the hopelessness of further resistance on the part of the army of Northern Virginia in this struggle. I feel that it is so, and regard it as my duty to shift from myself the responsibility of any further effusion of blood by asking of you the surrender of that portion of the Confederate States army known as the army of Northern Virginia.
Seite 87 - Every man is said to have his peculiar ambition. Whether it be true or not, I can say for one that I have no other so great as that of being truly esteemed of my fellow men, by rendering myself worthy of their esteem.
Seite 320 - LINCOLN'S dark brown face, with the deep-cut lines, the eyes, always to me with a deep latent sadness in the expression. We have got so that we exchange bows, and very cordial ones. Sometimes the President goes and comes in an open barouche. The cavalry always accompany him, with drawn sabres. Often I notice as he goes out evenings — and sometimes in the morning, when he returns early — he turns off and halts at the large and handsome residence of the Secretary of War, on K street, and holds...
Seite 363 - GENERAL : — I have received your note of this date. Though not entertaining the opinion you express on the hopelessness of further resistance on the part of the Army of Northern Virginia...
Seite 325 - With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right as God gives us to see the right, let us strive to finish the work we are in...
Seite 286 - MY DEAR SIR: — You and I have distinct and different plans for a movement of the Army of the Potomac — yours to be down the Chesapeake, up the Rappahannock to Urbana, and across land to the terminus of the railroad on the York River; mine to move directly to a point on the railroad southwest of Manassas. If you will give me satisfactory answers to the following questions, I shall gladly yield my plan to yours.
Seite 364 - AM to-day could lead to no good. I will state, however, General, that I am equally anxious for peace with yourself, and the whole North entertains the same feeling. The terms upon which peace can be had are well understood. By the South laying down their arms they will hasten that most desirable event, save thousands of human lives, and hundreds of millions of property not yet destroyed.
Seite 282 - Since my interview with you on the 1 8th instant, I have felt that I ought not longer to retain my commission in the army. I therefore tender my resignation, which I request you will recommend for acceptance. It would have been presented at once...
Seite 233 - That affair, in its philosophy, corresponds with the many attempts related in history at the assassination of kings and emperors. An enthusiast broods over the oppression of a people till he fancies himself commissioned by Heaven to liberate them. He ventures the attempt, which ends in little else than his own execution.