Addresses Delivered at the Lincoln Dinners of the National Republican Club in Response to the Toast Abraham Lincoln, 1910-1927Priv. print for the National Republican club, 1927 - 478 páginas |
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Abraham Lincoln Address American ANNUAL LINCOLN DINNER army battle battle of Thermopylae believe born called character citizens City civil coln colored conservatism Constitution courage Declaration Declaration of Independence Democratic earth Emancipation Emancipation Proclamation equal faith fame father feel flag forever friends glory hand Hannibal Hamlin heart hero honor hope HORACE PORTER hour human Illinois immortal justice knew labor land leader learned liberty live LL.D looked manhood martyr memory ment MORRIS SHEPPARD Mugwump nation never night North orator patriotism peace Pilgrim's Progress plain political principles Proclamation race rebellion republic REPUBLICAN CLUB Republican party Sangamon County Senator slave slavery soul South speech spirit stand stars story struggle tariff things thought tion to-day to-night true truth Union United utterance victory Washington words York FEBRUARY 12 young
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Página 25 - A man's heart deviseth his way : but the LORD directeth his steps.
Página 161 - 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...
Página 243 - On the side of the Union it is a struggle for maintaining in the world that form and substance of Government whose leading object is to elevate the condition of men ; to lift artificial weights from all shoulders ; to clear the paths of laudable pursuit for all ; to afford all an unfettered start and a fair chance in the race of life.
Página 242 - 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.
Página 241 - This they said, and this they meant. They did not mean to assert the obvious untruth that all were then actually enjoying that equality, nor yet that they were about to confer it immediately upon them. In fact they had no power to confer such a boon. They meant simply to declare the right, so that the enforcement of it might follow as fast as circumstances should permit.
Página 207 - He sincerely hopes that your views and your action may so accord with his as to assure all faithful citizens who have been disturbed in their rights of a certain and speedy restoration to them, under the Constitution and the laws. And having thus chosen our course, without guile and with pure purpose, let us renew our trust in God, and go forward without fear and with manly hearts.
Página 50 - Providence, upon which he at all times relied. I feel that I cannot succeed without the same Divine aid which sustained him, and on the same Almighty Being I place my reliance for support, and I hope you, my friends, will all pray that I may receive that Divine assistance, without which I cannot succeed, but with which, success is certain. Again I bid you all an affectionate farewell.
Página 59 - Great captains, with their guns and drums, Disturb our judgment for the hour, But at last silence comes; These all' are gone, and, standing like a tower, Our children shall behold his fame. The kindly-earnest, brave, foreseeing man, Sagacious, patient, dreading praise, not blame, New birth of our new soil, the first American.
Página 9 - Why should there not be a patient confidence in the ultimate justice of the people? Is there any better or equal hope in the world?
Página 159 - 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.