The Magazine of History: With Notes and Queries. Extra numbers, Tema 133,Volumen34 -Tema 140,Volumen35W. Abbatt., 1928 |
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... heard him say to Gen. Schenck , " I enjoy my rations and sleep the sleep of the innocent . " Mr. Lincoln did not believe , and could not be made to believe , that the South meant secession and war . When I told him sub- sequently to ...
... heard him say to Gen. Schenck , " I enjoy my rations and sleep the sleep of the innocent . " Mr. Lincoln did not believe , and could not be made to believe , that the South meant secession and war . When I told him sub- sequently to ...
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... heard Secretary Seward say , in this connection , that President Lincoln " had a cunning way that was genius . " As for his steady refusal to sanction the death penalty in cases of desertion , there was far more policy in the course ...
... heard Secretary Seward say , in this connection , that President Lincoln " had a cunning way that was genius . " As for his steady refusal to sanction the death penalty in cases of desertion , there was far more policy in the course ...
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... heard in the defense . Gen. Schenck was summoned to appear , and instead of appearing drew up a protest , that he directed me not only to take to the President but read to him , fearing the protest would be pigeon holed for ...
... heard in the defense . Gen. Schenck was summoned to appear , and instead of appearing drew up a protest , that he directed me not only to take to the President but read to him , fearing the protest would be pigeon holed for ...
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... heard a soldier's reputation will be blasted by a packed court , " I responded . " Come , now , " he exclaimed , an ugly look shading his face , " you and I are lawyers , and know the meaning of the word ' packed . ' I don't want to ...
... heard a soldier's reputation will be blasted by a packed court , " I responded . " Come , now , " he exclaimed , an ugly look shading his face , " you and I are lawyers , and know the meaning of the word ' packed . ' I don't want to ...
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... heard them patiently and then refused , saying : " Schenck and Piatt are good fellows , and if there were any rotten apples in the barrel they'd be sure to hook ' em out . But they run their machine on too high a level for me . They ...
... heard them patiently and then refused , saying : " Schenck and Piatt are good fellows , and if there were any rotten apples in the barrel they'd be sure to hook ' em out . But they run their machine on too high a level for me . They ...
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Página 35 - WHEN lilacs last in the dooryard bloom'd, And the great star early droop'd in the western sky in the night, I mourn'd, and yet shall mourn with ever-returning spring.
Página 34 - There in the fragrant pines and the cedars dusk and dim. o CAPTAIN! MY CAPTAIN! O Captain 1 my Captain! our fearful trip is done, The ship has weather'd every rack, the prize we sought is won, The port is near, the bells I hear, the people all exulting, While follow eyes the steady keel, the vessel grim and daring; But O heart 1 heart! heart! O the bleeding drops of red, Where on the deck my Captain lies, Fallen cold and dead. O Captain! my Captain!
Página 9 - I pray that our heavenly Father may assuage the anguish of your bereavement, and leave you only the cherished memory of the loved and lost, and the solemn pride that must be yours to have laid so costly a sacrifice upon the altar of freedom.
Página 36 - 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 34 - Physically speaking, we cannot separate. We cannot remove our respective sections from each other nor build an impassable wall between them. A husband and wife may be divorced and go out of the presence and beyond the reach of each other, but the different parts of our country cannot do this. They cannot but remain face to face, and intercourse, either amicable or hostile, must continue between them.
Página 35 - Amid the grass in the fields each side of the lanes, passing the endless grass, Passing the yellow-spear'd wheat, every grain from its shroud in the dark-brown fields uprisen, Passing the apple-tree blows...
Página 36 - You lay a wreath on murdered Lincoln's bier! You, who with mocking pencil wont to trace, Broad for the self-complacent British sneer, His length of shambling limb, his furrowed face, His gaunt, gnarled hands, his unkempt, bristling hair, His garb uncouth, his bearing ill at ease, His lack of all we prize as debonair, Of power or will to shine, of art to please...
Página 38 - And took both with the same unwavering mood ; Till, as he came on light from darkling days, And seemed to touch the goal from where he stood, A felon hand, between the goal and him, Reached from behind his back, a trigger prest, — And those perplexed and patient eyes were dim, Those gaunt...
Página 185 - How beautiful to see Once more a shepherd of mankind indeed, Who loved his charge, but never loved to lead ; One whose meek flock the people joyed to be, Not lured by any cheat of birth, But by his clear-grained human worth, And brave old wisdom of sincerity...
Página 184 - Nature, they say, doth dote, And cannot make a man Save on some worn-out plan, Repeating us by rote : For him her Old-World moulds aside she threw, And, choosing sweet clay from the breast Of the unexhausted West, With stuff untainted shaped a hero new, Wise, steadfast in the strength of God. and true.