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... side of a burning pine knot . What education he had , he picked up in that way . He had read a great many books ; and all the books that he had read , he knew . He had a tenacious memory , just as he had the ability to see the essential ...
... side of a burning pine knot . What education he had , he picked up in that way . He had read a great many books ; and all the books that he had read , he knew . He had a tenacious memory , just as he had the ability to see the essential ...
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... side of stream the armies lay Waiting for morn to then renew the fray . The Rappahannock silently flowed on , Between the hills so fair to look upon ; Whose dancing waters tinged with silvery light , Vied in their beauty , with the ...
... side of stream the armies lay Waiting for morn to then renew the fray . The Rappahannock silently flowed on , Between the hills so fair to look upon ; Whose dancing waters tinged with silvery light , Vied in their beauty , with the ...
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... side of the way may have his feelings ruffled ; I think it is a great deal more than that . And when I look at it , I do not see and you do not see there the graven image of the dollar ; you do not read there the motto of the epicure ...
... side of the way may have his feelings ruffled ; I think it is a great deal more than that . And when I look at it , I do not see and you do not see there the graven image of the dollar ; you do not read there the motto of the epicure ...
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... side actually realized that war was inevitable , and that the other was determined to fight , until the assault on Fort Sumter presented the South as the first aggressor and aroused . the North to use every possible resource to maintain ...
... side actually realized that war was inevitable , and that the other was determined to fight , until the assault on Fort Sumter presented the South as the first aggressor and aroused . the North to use every possible resource to maintain ...
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... side for disunion , for no pose than to preserve slayery , it must continue on the for the Union , to destroy ... sides might not be all in vain , it had become his duty mander - in - chief of the army , as a representative war me strike ...
... side for disunion , for no pose than to preserve slayery , it must continue on the for the Union , to destroy ... sides might not be all in vain , it had become his duty mander - in - chief of the army , as a representative war me strike ...
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Seite 49 - Without the assistance of that Divine Being who ever attended him, I cannot succeed. With that assistance, I cannot fail. Trusting in Him who can go with me, and remain with you, and be everywhere for good, let us confidently hope that all will yet be well. To His care commending you, as I hope in your prayers you will commend me, I bid you an affectionate farewell.
Seite 64 - Fondly do we hope, fervently do we pray, that this mighty scourge of war may speedily pass away. 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.
Seite 51 - WHEN Freedom from her mountain height Unfurled her standard to the air, She tore the azure robe of night, And set the stars of glory there; She mingled with its gorgeous dyes The milky baldric of the skies, And striped its pure, celestial white With streakings of the morning light; Then from his mansion in the sun She called her eagle-bearer down, And gave into his mighty hand The symbol of her chosen land.
Seite 63 - Neither party expected for the war the magnitude or the duration which it has already attained.
Seite 68 - They meant to set up a standard maxim for free society, which should be familiar to all, and revered by all; constantly looked to, constantly labored for, and even though never perfectly attained, constantly approximated, and thereby constantly spreading and deepening its influence, and augmenting the happiness and value of life to all people of all colors everywhere.
Seite 67 - 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. 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...
Seite 57 - Then to side with Truth is noble when we share her wretched crust, Ere her cause bring fame and profit, and 'tis prosperous to be just; Then it is the brave man chooses, while the coward stands aside, Doubting in his abject spirit, till his Lord is crucified, And the multitude make virtue of the faith they had denied.
Seite 62 - ... now we are engaged in a great civil war testing whether that nation or any nation so conceived and so dedicated can long endure we are met on a great battlefield of that war we have come to dedicate a portion of that field as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live...
Seite 37 - And shook it forth with a royal will. " Shoot, if you must, this old gray head, But spare your country's flag,