The Story of the Great RepublicAmerican Book Company, 1899 - 349 pages |
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... vessels which have crossed the ocean since then . He may also have described the different steps whereby America - the land of the redskins , of dense forests , and broad plains — in less than three centuries had become the home of a ...
... vessels which have crossed the ocean since then . He may also have described the different steps whereby America - the land of the redskins , of dense forests , and broad plains — in less than three centuries had become the home of a ...
Page 42
... vessels and fitting them out to attack the British navy . He had no right to do this , and Washington immediately bade him cease , saying that the United States meant to keep neutral - that is to say , not to side with either country ...
... vessels and fitting them out to attack the British navy . He had no right to do this , and Washington immediately bade him cease , saying that the United States meant to keep neutral - that is to say , not to side with either country ...
Page 47
... the coast in droves . They were then taken aboard vessels , where they were some- times crowded so closely , and had so little air , that many of them died and were buried at sea . The rest , after great suffering , landed at some 47.
... the coast in droves . They were then taken aboard vessels , where they were some- times crowded so closely , and had so little air , that many of them died and were buried at sea . The rest , after great suffering , landed at some 47.
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... vessels , refused to show due respect to our flag , and said that they would not receive our envoys unless they were paid a large sum of money as a bribe . The American envoys were too good patriots , and too noble men , to listen to ...
... vessels , refused to show due respect to our flag , and said that they would not receive our envoys unless they were paid a large sum of money as a bribe . The American envoys were too good patriots , and too noble men , to listen to ...
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... vessel they met in the Mediterranean . Generally it was only to demand a certain sum of money , but if the captain either could not or would not pay it , they often sank the vessel after robbing it , or towed it into one of their ...
... vessel they met in the Mediterranean . Generally it was only to demand a certain sum of money , but if the captain either could not or would not pay it , they often sank the vessel after robbing it , or towed it into one of their ...
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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.