Letters and Addresses of Abraham Lincoln ...H.W. Bell, 1903 - Всего страниц: 399 Advertising matter: p. 391-399. |
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... party and the Whigs is that although the former sometimes err in practice , they are always correct in princi- ple , whereas the latter are wrong in principle ; and , better to impress this proposition , he uses a figurative expression ...
... party and the Whigs is that although the former sometimes err in practice , they are always correct in princi- ple , whereas the latter are wrong in principle ; and , better to impress this proposition , he uses a figurative expression ...
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... party may be tried by their professions instead of their practices . Perhaps no position that the party assumes is more liable to or more deserving of exposure than this very modest request ; and nothing but the unwarrantable length to ...
... party may be tried by their professions instead of their practices . Perhaps no position that the party assumes is more liable to or more deserving of exposure than this very modest request ; and nothing but the unwarrantable length to ...
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... party so bright in these parts as they are now . We shall carry this county by a larger majority than we did in 1836 , when you ran against May . I do not think my prospects indi- vidually are very flattering , for I think it probable I ...
... party so bright in these parts as they are now . We shall carry this county by a larger majority than we did in 1836 , when you ran against May . I do not think my prospects indi- vidually are very flattering , for I think it probable I ...
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... party on the railroad cars to Jacksonville last Monday , and on her return spoke , so that I heard of it , of having en- joyed the trip exceedingly . God be praised for that . You know with what sleepless vigilance I have watched you ...
... party on the railroad cars to Jacksonville last Monday , and on her return spoke , so that I heard of it , of having en- joyed the trip exceedingly . God be praised for that . You know with what sleepless vigilance I have watched you ...
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... party during the fight shall be deemed a surrender of the contest . Third . Time : On Thursday evening at five o'clock , if you can get it so ; but in no case to be at a greater distance of time than Friday evening at five o'clock ...
... party during the fight shall be deemed a surrender of the contest . Third . Time : On Thursday evening at five o'clock , if you can get it so ; but in no case to be at a greater distance of time than Friday evening at five o'clock ...
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Стр. 183 - The power confided to me will be used to hold, occupy, and possess the property and places belonging to the Government...
Стр. 121 - I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of bringing about in any way the social and political equality of the white and black races; that I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of making voters or jurors of negroes, nor of qualifying them to hold office, nor to intermarry with white people...
Стр. 288 - 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.
Стр. 273 - My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not either to save or to destroy slavery. If I could save the Union without freeing any slave, I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing all the slaves, I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing some and leaving others alone, I would also do that.
Стр. 254 - A nation may be said to consist of its territory, its people, and its laws. The territory is the only part which is of certain durability. "One generation passeth away and another generation cometh, but the earth abideth forever.
Стр. 114 - I have no purpose directly or indirectly, to interfere with the institution of slavery in the States where it exists. I believe I have no lawful right to do so ; and I have no inclination to do so.
Стр. 134 - It is the eternal struggle between these two principles, right and wrong, throughout the world. They are the two principles that have stood face to face from the beginning of time, and will ever continue to struggle. The one is the common right of humanity, and the other the divine right of kings. It is the same principle in whatever shape it develops itself. It is the same spirit that says, ' You work and toil and earn bread, and I'll eat it.
Стр. 105 - 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.
Стр. 187 - This country, with its institutions, belongs to the people who inhabit it. Whenever they shall grow weary of the existing government, they can exercise their constitutional right of amending it, or their revolutionary right to dismember or overthrow it.
Стр. 298 - 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.