Abraham Lincoln, the First AmericanJennings & Graham, 1894 - 236 pages |
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... as safe as money . But it was inconvenient to carry . This compelled Lincoln to construct a raft on which he placed his few carpenter tools and the whisky . The raft was built at the junction of Knob Creek 13 REMOVAL TO INDIANA,
... as safe as money . But it was inconvenient to carry . This compelled Lincoln to construct a raft on which he placed his few carpenter tools and the whisky . The raft was built at the junction of Knob Creek 13 REMOVAL TO INDIANA,
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... carry his long - cherished purpose into execution . In 1822 a log school - house was built on Pigeon Creek . The teacher was a young man named Azel Dorsey . He taught reading , writing , spelling , and arithmetic . There is a tradition ...
... carry his long - cherished purpose into execution . In 1822 a log school - house was built on Pigeon Creek . The teacher was a young man named Azel Dorsey . He taught reading , writing , spelling , and arithmetic . There is a tradition ...
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... carried it safely across . Abraham assisted his father in building his cabin , clearing ground , and planting a crop . It was dur- ing this time that Lincoln and John Hanks split the rails which were introduced with such tremen- dous ...
... carried it safely across . Abraham assisted his father in building his cabin , clearing ground , and planting a crop . It was dur- ing this time that Lincoln and John Hanks split the rails which were introduced with such tremen- dous ...
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... carried out . Not long afterward a man named Offutt engaged Lincoln to take a flatboat loaded with country produce , and sell it . A herd of pigs constituted part of the cargo , and as as they refused to be driven , Abraham took them ...
... carried out . Not long afterward a man named Offutt engaged Lincoln to take a flatboat loaded with country produce , and sell it . A herd of pigs constituted part of the cargo , and as as they refused to be driven , Abraham took them ...
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... carried the burden of the debt for six- teen years , when he paid the last cent out of his con- gressional salary . He referred to this experience in his life as " paying the national debt . " THE BLACK HAWK WAR . HE Black Hawk War ...
... carried the burden of the debt for six- teen years , when he paid the last cent out of his con- gressional salary . He referred to this experience in his life as " paying the national debt . " THE BLACK HAWK WAR . HE Black Hawk War ...
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Page 78 - And I further declare and make known that such persons, of suitable condition will be received into the armed service of the United States to garrison forts, positions, stations, and other places and to man vessels of all sorts in said service. And upon this act, sincerely believed to be an act of justice, warranted by the Constitution upon military necessity, I invoke the considerate judgment of mankind and the gracious favor of Almighty God.
Page 46 - 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 the course of ultimate extinction; or its advocates will push it forward till it shall become alike lawful in all the States, old as well as new, North as well as South.
Page 221 - Any people anywhere, being inclined and having the power, have the right to rise up and shake off the existing government, and form a new one that suits them better. This is a most valuable, a most sacred right — a right which, we hope and believe, is to liberate the world.
Page 117 - Of course, when I came of age I did not know much. Still, somehow, I could read, write, and cipher to the rule of three, but that was all. I have not been to school since. The little advance I now have upon this store of education, I have picked up from time to time under the pressure of necessity.
Page 215 - My Captain does not answer, his lips are pale and still, My father does not feel my arm, he has no pulse nor will, The ship is...
Page 160 - I have heard, in such a way as to believe it, of your recently saying that both the army and the Government needed a dictator. Of course it was not for this, but in spite of it, that I have given you the command. Only those generals who gain successes can set up as dictators. What I now ask of you is military success, and I will risk the dictatorship.
Page 38 - Resolutions upon the subject of domestic slavery having passed both branches of the General Assembly at its present session, the undersigned hereby protest against the passage of the same. They believe that the institution of slavery is founded on both injustice and bad policy; but that the promulgation of abolition doctrines tends rather to increase than to abate its evils.
Page 119 - If any personal description of me is thought desirable. it may be said, I am in height, six feet, four inches, nearly ; lean in flesh, weighing, on an average, one hundred and eighty pounds : dark complexion, with coarse black hair, and gray eyes. No other marks or brands recollected.
Page 215 - 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!
Page 46 - 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.