Personal Reminiscences, 1840-1890: Including Some Not Hitherto Published of Lincoln and the WarRichmond, Croscup & Company, 1893 - 434 pages |
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... live in Rhode Island ? ' The witness answered that he did . ' Leave the stand , sir ! ' thundered the judge . Then turning to the lawyer he demanded what excuse he had for offering such a witness . The counsel claimed that he was an ...
... live in Rhode Island ? ' The witness answered that he did . ' Leave the stand , sir ! ' thundered the judge . Then turning to the lawyer he demanded what excuse he had for offering such a witness . The counsel claimed that he was an ...
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... lives , or 6.8 per cent of her sons engaged - these were some of the contributions of Vermont with her small population to the preservation of the Union between 1861 and 1865. It has been said that the Vermonters did not lose a stand of ...
... lives , or 6.8 per cent of her sons engaged - these were some of the contributions of Vermont with her small population to the preservation of the Union between 1861 and 1865. It has been said that the Vermonters did not lose a stand of ...
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... live . " " Have you any proof of your innocence ? " I asked . " Only this , " he said . " As I was leaving the police court in the Tombs the clerk handed me this . " He showed me a letter dated in the police court , of the following ...
... live . " " Have you any proof of your innocence ? " I asked . " Only this , " he said . " As I was leaving the police court in the Tombs the clerk handed me this . " He showed me a letter dated in the police court , of the following ...
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... lives . Pay them to go away after they have got all the money they can out of the bank ? No ! I prefer to trust a fair jury ! " " You make a mistake , Tom . You had better " " Stanley ! don't you call me Tom ! and you had best not tempt ...
... lives . Pay them to go away after they have got all the money they can out of the bank ? No ! I prefer to trust a fair jury ! " " You make a mistake , Tom . You had better " " Stanley ! don't you call me Tom ! and you had best not tempt ...
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... live down all prejudices and establish himself in the good opinion of the public in the end . He had re- ferred the father of the young lady to me , for I knew more about him than any one else and would no doubt give him advice upon ...
... live down all prejudices and establish himself in the good opinion of the public in the end . He had re- ferred the father of the young lady to me , for I knew more about him than any one else and would no doubt give him advice upon ...
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Page 414 - Do not misunderstand me because I have mentioned these objections. They indicate the difficulties that have thus far prevented my action in some such way as you desire. I have not decided against a proclamation of liberty to the slaves, but hold the matter under advisement. And I can assure you that the subject is on my mind by day and night, more than any other. Whatever shall appear to be God's will, I will do.
Page 414 - The importance for man and beast of the prescribed weekly rest, the sacred rights of Christian soldiers and sailors, a becoming deference to the best sentiment of a Christian people, and a due regard for the divine will demand that Sunday labor in the army and navy be reduced to the measure of strict necessity.
Page 77 - And the Lord said unto Moses, Hew thee two tables of stone like unto the first : and I will write upon these tables the words that were in the first tables, which thou brakest.
Page 220 - And surely I'll be mine; And we'll tak' a cup o' kindness yet For auld lang syne.
Page 389 - May my right hand forget its cunning and my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth if ever I prove false to those teachings.
Page 415 - In giving freedom to the slave we assure freedom to the free — honorable alike in what we give and what we preserve. We shall nobly save or meanly lose the last best hope of earth.
Page 413 - ... machinery of the States and the Union, has produced in a given time, and also what, if firmly maintained, it promises for the future. There are already among us those who, if the Union be preserved, will live to see it contain two hundred and fifty millions. The struggle of to-day is not altogether for to-day — it is for a vast future also.
Page 413 - If it were admitted that you who are dissatisfied hold the right side in the dispute, there still is no single good reason for precipitate action. Intelligence, patriotism, Christianity, and a firm reliance on Him who has never yet forsaken this favored land, are still competent to adjust in the best way all our present difficulty.
Page 399 - Our new government is founded upon exactly the opposite idea; its foundations are laid, its corner-stone rests, upon the great truth that the negro is not equal to the white man, that slavery—subordination to the superior race —is his natural and normal condition.
Page 418 - 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.