The Story of the Great RepublicAmerican Book Company, 1899 - 349 pages |
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... Congress - the body of men which had gov- erned the United States ever since the Declaration of Independence - granted this request ; but , knowing they must have another minister to represent our country in France , they sent out ...
... Congress - the body of men which had gov- erned the United States ever since the Declaration of Independence - granted this request ; but , knowing they must have another minister to represent our country in France , they sent out ...
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... Congress to leave his post in Paris , he eagerly set out for America . There were no steamships in those days , and during the long journey passengers used to beguile the time by telling stories and playing games , much as 16 Franklin's ...
... Congress to leave his post in Paris , he eagerly set out for America . There were no steamships in those days , and during the long journey passengers used to beguile the time by telling stories and playing games , much as 16 Franklin's ...
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... congress , which fixed the taxes and made the laws . This right , which Englishmen had enjoyed for five hundred years , was also claimed by their descendants in America ; and each colony elected an assembly to help make its laws and lay ...
... congress , which fixed the taxes and made the laws . This right , which Englishmen had enjoyed for five hundred years , was also claimed by their descendants in America ; and each colony elected an assembly to help make its laws and lay ...
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... Congress , and had spoken with most of the great men of his time on both sides of the ocean , his account of the war must have been of thrilling interest . The name of his friend George Washington , commander in chief of the Continental ...
... Congress , and had spoken with most of the great men of his time on both sides of the ocean , his account of the war must have been of thrilling interest . The name of his friend George Washington , commander in chief of the Continental ...
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... Congress wished , and give up their claims to the land northwest of the O - hi'o River . This region was then called the Northwest Territory . It was given up , on condition that Congress should scll part of it to pay the interest on ...
... Congress wished , and give up their claims to the land northwest of the O - hi'o River . This region was then called the Northwest Territory . It was given up , on condition that Congress should scll part of it to pay the interest on ...
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Page 26 - It is too probable that no plan we propose will be adopted. Perhaps another dreadful conflict is to be sustained. If, to please the people, we offer what we ourselves disapprove, how can we afterwards defend our work? Let us raise a standard to which the wise and honest can repair: the event is in the hands of God.
Page 172 - In your hands, my dissatisfied fellow-countrymen, and not in mine, is the momentous issue of civil war. The government will not assail you. You can have no conflict without being yourselves the aggressors. You have no oath registered in heaven to destroy the government, while I shall have the most solemn one to "preserve, protect, and defend it.
Page 200 - My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not either to save or destroy slavery.
Page 102 - The second day of July, 1776, will be the most memorable epoch in the history of America. I am apt to believe that it will be celebrated by succeeding generations as the great anniversary festival. It ought to be commemorated, as the day of deliverance, by solemn acts of devotion to God Almighty. It ought to be solemnized with pomp and parade, with shows, games, sports, guns, bells, bonfires, and illuminations, from one end of this continent to the other, from this time forward, forevermore.
Page 246 - With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right as God gives us to see the right, let us finish the work we are in...
Page 221 - I beg to present you, as a Christmas gift, the city of Savannah, with one hundred and fifty heavy guns and plenty of ammunition, and also about twenty-five thousand bales of cotton.
Page 248 - With all my devotion to the Union, and the feeling of loyalty and duty of an American citizen, I have not been able to make up my mind to raise my hand against my relatives, my children, my home.
Page 241 - I do the very best I know how — the very best I can ; and I mean to keep doing so until the end. If the end brings me out all right, what is said against me won't amount to anything. If the end brings me out wrong, ten angels swearing I was right would make no difference.
Page 166 - Let us have faith that right makes might, and in that faith let us to the end dare to do our duty as we understand it.