The Story of the Great RepublicAmerican Book Company, 1899 - 349 pages |
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... hand to the United States , thus setting a good example which many other countries were glad to follow . These tokens of good will were gratefully received , for our poor coun- try had a very hard time of it in the beginning , and spent ...
... hand to the United States , thus setting a good example which many other countries were glad to follow . These tokens of good will were gratefully received , for our poor coun- try had a very hard time of it in the beginning , and spent ...
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... hands were blistered , and the ax was not half ground . At length , however , it was sharpened ; and the man turned to me with , ' Now , you little rascal , you've played truant ; scud to school , or you'll rue it ! ' ' Alas ! ' thought ...
... hands were blistered , and the ax was not half ground . At length , however , it was sharpened ; and the man turned to me with , ' Now , you little rascal , you've played truant ; scud to school , or you'll rue it ! ' ' Alas ! ' thought ...
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... hand of God . " After four months ' discussion , and after all parties had given up some of their ideas and wishes to please the rest , the present Constitution of the United States was drawn up . It was called the " new roof ...
... hand of God . " After four months ' discussion , and after all parties had given up some of their ideas and wishes to please the rest , the present Constitution of the United States was drawn up . It was called the " new roof ...
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... hand upon a Bible , which has been carefully preserved , he then publicly took this oath : " I do sol- emnly swear that I will faithfully execute the office of President of the United States , and will to the best of my ability preserve ...
... hand upon a Bible , which has been carefully preserved , he then publicly took this oath : " I do sol- emnly swear that I will faithfully execute the office of President of the United States , and will to the best of my ability preserve ...
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... hands . He was , however , more fortunate in his next venture , a cheap way of making gun stocks , for the government gave him a large contract for firearms ; he was well paid for this work , and made a fortune . And although his ...
... hands . He was , however , more fortunate in his next venture , a cheap way of making gun stocks , for the government gave him a large contract for firearms ; he was well paid for this work , and made a fortune . And although his ...
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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.