The Lincoln Year Book: Containing Immortal Words of Abraham Lincoln Spoken and Written on Various Occasions, Preceded by Appropriate Scripture Texts and Followed by Choice Poetic Selections for Each Day in the Year, with Special Reference to Anniversary DatesPress of United Brethren publishing house, 1907 - 375 pages |
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... January 17 , 1851 . Canvassed Illinois for prohibition in 1855 . Debated with Stephen A. Douglas in 1858 . Nominated for President of United States at Chicago , May 16 , 1860 . Elected President , November 6 , 1860 . Inaugurated ...
... January 17 , 1851 . Canvassed Illinois for prohibition in 1855 . Debated with Stephen A. Douglas in 1858 . Nominated for President of United States at Chicago , May 16 , 1860 . Elected President , November 6 , 1860 . Inaugurated ...
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... January 1 . February 2 February 12 . February 14 .February 22 March 4 .. April 1 . April 14 ( 1865 ) April 22 May 30 . June 1 . June 14 . July 4 September 5 . October 31 November 24 ( 1864 ) December 22 .. December 25 vii.
... January 1 . February 2 February 12 . February 14 .February 22 March 4 .. April 1 . April 14 ( 1865 ) April 22 May 30 . June 1 . June 14 . July 4 September 5 . October 31 November 24 ( 1864 ) December 22 .. December 25 vii.
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... Short History . " The Century Co. , New York . C. M. Nichols : " Life of Abraham Lincoln . " The Crowell Pub- lishing Co. , Springfield , Ohio . McClure's Magazine , New York . THE LINCOLN YEAR BOOK JANUARY 1 ( Emancipation Day ) vii.
... Short History . " The Century Co. , New York . C. M. Nichols : " Life of Abraham Lincoln . " The Crowell Pub- lishing Co. , Springfield , Ohio . McClure's Magazine , New York . THE LINCOLN YEAR BOOK JANUARY 1 ( Emancipation Day ) vii.
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... JANUARY 1 ( Emancipation Day ) He hath sent me to proclaim liberty to the captives , and the opening of the prison to them that are bound . Isaiah 61 : 1 . Henceforth Shall be Free . ( Emancipation Proclamation , issued January 1 , 1863 ...
... JANUARY 1 ( Emancipation Day ) He hath sent me to proclaim liberty to the captives , and the opening of the prison to them that are bound . Isaiah 61 : 1 . Henceforth Shall be Free . ( Emancipation Proclamation , issued January 1 , 1863 ...
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... JANUARY 2 I have made thee a great name , like unto the name of the great men that are in the earth . II . Samuel 7 : 9 . My Name in History . ( To Mr. Seward , Secretary of State , on signing the Proc- lamation . ) I have been shaking ...
... JANUARY 2 I have made thee a great name , like unto the name of the great men that are in the earth . II . Samuel 7 : 9 . My Name in History . ( To Mr. Seward , Secretary of State , on signing the Proc- lamation . ) I have been shaking ...
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Page 277 - ... that on the first day of january in the year of our lord one thousand eight hundred and sixtythree 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 and the executive government of the united states including the military and naval authority thereof will recognize and maintain the freedom of such persons and will do no act or acts to repress such persons...
Page 71 - The Union is much older than the Constitution. It was formed, in fact, by the Articles of Association in 1774. It was matured and continued by the Declaration of Independence in 1776. It was further matured, and the faith of all the then thirteen States expressly plighted and engaged that it should be perpetual, by the Articles of Confederation in 1778. And, finally, in 1787 one of the declared objects for ordaining and establishing the Constitution was "to form a more perfect Union.
Page 344 - Fellow-citizens, we cannot escape history. We of this Congress and this Administration will be remembered in spite of ourselves. No personal significance or insignificance can spare one or another of us. The fiery trial through which we pass will light us down, in honor or dishonor, to the latest generation.
Page 9 - And by virtue of the power and for the purpose aforesaid, I do order and declare that all persons held as slaves within said designated States and parts of States are. and henceforward shall be, FREE...
Page 358 - The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew and act anew.
Page 75 - In your hands, my dissatisfied fellow-countrymen, and not in mine, is the momentous issue of civil war. The government will not assail you. You can have no conflict without being yourselves the aggressors. You have no oath registered in heaven to destroy the government, while I shall have the most solemn one to "preserve, protect, and defend it.
Page 295 - That is the real issue. That is the issue that will continue in this country when these poor tongues of Judge Douglas and myself shall be silent. It is the eternal struggle between these two principles — right and wrong — throughout the world.
Page 257 - Labor is prior to, and independent of, capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if labor had not first existed. Labor is the superior of capital, and deserves much the higher consideration.
Page 334 - I feel how weak and fruitless must be any words of mine which should attempt to beguile you from the grief of a loss so overwhelming. But I cannot refrain from tendering to you the consolation that may be found in the thanks of the Republic they died to save. I pray that our heavenly Father may assuage the anguish of your bereavement, and leave you only the cherished memory of the loved and lost, and the solemn pride that must be yours to have laid so costly a sacrifice upon the altar of freedom.
Page 172 - Must I shoot a simple-minded soldier boy who deserts, while I must not touch a hair of a wily agitator who induces him to desert...