Abraham Lincoln, the First AmericanJennings & Graham, 1894 - 236페이지 |
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... political principles . If elected , I will be thankful . If defeated , it will be all the same . " He was defeated , but not dismayed . He studied what he should do - thought of learning the black- smith's trade — but the opportunity ...
... political principles . If elected , I will be thankful . If defeated , it will be all the same . " He was defeated , but not dismayed . He studied what he should do - thought of learning the black- smith's trade — but the opportunity ...
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... politicians . I desire to live , and I desire place and distinction as a poli- tician ; but I would rather die now than , like the gentleman , live to see the day that I would have to erect a lightning - rod to protect a guilty ...
... politicians . I desire to live , and I desire place and distinction as a poli- tician ; but I would rather die now than , like the gentleman , live to see the day that I would have to erect a lightning - rod to protect a guilty ...
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... political speech , characterized the Whigs as pretentious " lords " and aristocrats . Lin- coln , in replying , said : " I was a poor boy , hired on a flatboat at eight dollars a month , and had only one pair of breeches , and they were ...
... political speech , characterized the Whigs as pretentious " lords " and aristocrats . Lin- coln , in replying , said : " I was a poor boy , hired on a flatboat at eight dollars a month , and had only one pair of breeches , and they were ...
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... politicians had failed to read the public mind upon a moral question , as they had before been able to do on purely political questions . Surprised at the effect of his bill , Senator Stephen A. Douglas started for Springfield , Ill ...
... politicians had failed to read the public mind upon a moral question , as they had before been able to do on purely political questions . Surprised at the effect of his bill , Senator Stephen A. Douglas started for Springfield , Ill ...
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... Pa . , June 19 , 1856 , Lincoln received 110 votes for Vice - President , which di- rected the attention of national politicians to him . LINCOLN'S " KEYNOTE " SPEECH . HE Illinois Republican State 44 ABRAHAM LINCOLN .
... Pa . , June 19 , 1856 , Lincoln received 110 votes for Vice - President , which di- rected the attention of national politicians to him . LINCOLN'S " KEYNOTE " SPEECH . HE Illinois Republican State 44 ABRAHAM LINCOLN .
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78 페이지 - 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.
215 페이지 - 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.
46 페이지 - 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.
160 페이지 - 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 dictators. What I now ask of you is military success, and I will risk the dictatorship.
221 페이지 - 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.
117 페이지 - 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.
215 페이지 - 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...
115 페이지 - ... to the rule of three." If a straggler supposed to understand Latin happened to sojourn in the neighborhood, he was looked upon as a wizard. There was absolutely nothing to excite ambition for education. 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.
38 페이지 - 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.
119 페이지 - 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.