The Words of Abraham Lincoln, for Use in SchoolsWestern publishing house, 1898 - 270 pages |
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... reason of the question ; nor have we ever had a more striking lesson in political tactics than the fact , that opposed to a man exceptionally adroit in using popular prejudice and bigotry to his purpose , exceptionally unscrupulous in ...
... reason of the question ; nor have we ever had a more striking lesson in political tactics than the fact , that opposed to a man exceptionally adroit in using popular prejudice and bigotry to his purpose , exceptionally unscrupulous in ...
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... reason or prove ? How does demonstra- tion differ from any other proof ? " I consulted Webster's Dictionary . That told of " certain proof , " " proof beyond the possibility of doubt " ; but I could form no idea what sort of proof that ...
... reason or prove ? How does demonstra- tion differ from any other proof ? " I consulted Webster's Dictionary . That told of " certain proof , " " proof beyond the possibility of doubt " ; but I could form no idea what sort of proof that ...
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... reason of his owner having voluntarily taken him first into a free State and then a territory covered by the Congressional prohibition , and held him as a slave for a long time in each , was passing through the U. S. Circuit Court for ...
... reason of his owner having voluntarily taken him first into a free State and then a territory covered by the Congressional prohibition , and held him as a slave for a long time in each , was passing through the U. S. Circuit Court for ...
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... reason run ahead , and infer that he will make any particular change of which he him- self has given no intimation ? Can we safely base our action upon any such vague inferences ? Now , as ever , I wish not to misrepresent Judge ...
... reason run ahead , and infer that he will make any particular change of which he him- self has given no intimation ? Can we safely base our action upon any such vague inferences ? Now , as ever , I wish not to misrepresent Judge ...
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... reason of the Constitution , they can- not prohibit it . When that is so , how much is left of this vast matter of Squatter Sovereignty I should like to know ? [ A voice- " It is all gone . " ] Again , when we get to the question of the ...
... reason of the Constitution , they can- not prohibit it . When that is so , how much is left of this vast matter of Squatter Sovereignty I should like to know ? [ A voice- " It is all gone . " ] Again , when we get to the question of the ...
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Page 233 - With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right as God gives us to see the right, let us...
Page 22 - I believe this government cannot endure, permanently half slave and half free. I do not expect the Union to be dissolved — I do not expect the house to fall — but I do expect it will cease to be divided. It will become all one thing, or all the other. Either the opponents of slavery, will arrest the further spread of it, and place it where the public mind shall rest in the belief that it is in...
Page 233 - Fondly do we hope, fervently do we pray, that this mighty scourge of war may speedily pass away. Yet, if God wills that it continue until all the wealth piled by the bondman's two hundred and fifty years of unrequited toil shall be sunk, and until every drop of blood drawn with the lash shall be paid by another drawn with the sword, as was said three thousand years ago, so still it must be said, " the judgments of the Lord are true and righteous altogether.
Page 245 - O Captain! my Captain! rise up and hear the bells; Rise up — for you the flag is flung — for you the bugle trills, For you bouquets and ribboned wreaths — for you the shores a-crowding, For you they call, the swaying mass, their eager faces turning; Here Captain! dear father! This arm beneath your head! It is some dream that on the deck, You've fallen cold and dead.
Page 232 - Both read the same Bible, and pray to the same God, and each invokes His aid against the other. It may seem strange that any men should dare to ask a just God's assistance in wringing their bread from the sweat of other men's faces, but / let us judge not, that we be not judged. The prayers of both could not be answered. That of neither has been answered fully. The Almighty has His own purposes. Woe unto the world because of offences for it must needs be that offences come, but woe to that man by...
Page 43 - In my opinion, it will not cease until a crisis shall have been reached and passed. 'A house divided against itself cannot stand.' I believe this government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free. I do not expect the Union to be dissolved. I do not expect the house to fall, but I do expect it will cease to be divided. It will become all one thing, or all the other.
Page 162 - If there be those who would not save the Union unless they could at the same time save Slavery, I do not agree with them. 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. If I could save the Union without freeing any slave, I would do it...
Page 23 - Measures, is hereby declared inoperative and void : it being the true intent and meaning of this act, not to legislate slavery into any territory or state, nor to exclude it therefrom, but to leave the people thereof perfectly free to form and regulate their domestic institutions in their own way, subject only to the constitution of the United States...
Page 170 - ... the States and parts of States wherein the people thereof, respectively, are this day in rebellion against the United States, the following, to wit: Arkansas, Texas, Louisiana (except the parishes of St.
Page 242 - O Captain! My Captain! O CAPTAIN! my Captain! our fearful trip is done, The ship has weather'd every rack, the prize we sought is won, The port is near, the bells I hear, the people all exulting, While follow eyes the steady keel, the vessel grim and daring; But O heart! heart! heart! O the bleeding drops of red, Where on the deck my Captain lies, Fallen cold and dead. O Captain! my Captain!