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Other editions - View allCommon terms and phrases7th Street Act of Congress Alexandria American Army authority Baltimore Beau Blair Capital Traction Company Capitol Captain Cemetery cents Cerne Abbey citizens Clara Barton Clephane Colonel Commissioners Committee Congress approved Congressional Cemetery Court Daniel Carroll District of Columbia Duddington east Eckington Electric Company fare father February friends George herdic honor horse interred James John June land Lincoln March Maryland Mayor Metropolitan Railroad Metropolitan Railroad Company Miss Barton Miss Clara Barton Montgomery Montgomery County National Navy Notley operated pany passengers patriot Pennsylvania Avenue Pittman Potomac President rail Railway Company record Red Cross relief Revolutionary Richard Wallach River road Rock Creek route Secretary Senator Silver Spring soldiers South Stat street cars Street north street railroad street railway Street west Streets northwest Thomas tickets tion tracks Union United vehicles Virginia Wallach Washington and Georgetown Washington Railway William William Deakins Popular passagesPage 191 - allow myself to suppose that either the Convention or the League have concluded to decide that I am either the greatest or best man in America, but rather they have concluded that it is not best to swap horses while crossing the river, and have further concluded that I am not so poor a horse that they Page 193 - opposed to treason, can receive most of the people's votes. It shows also, to the extent yet known, that we have more men now than we had when the war began. Gold is good in its place, but living, brave, patriotic men are better than gold.” Page 174 - be able to repel it; if we desire to secure peace, one of the most powerful instruments of our prosperity, it must be known that we are at all times ready for war.” It is Page 192 - “I almost always feel inclined, when I happen to say anything to soldiers, to impress upon them, in a few brief remarks, the importance of success in this contest. It is not merely for today, but for all time to come, that we should perpetuate for our Page 88 - the South: “In your hands, my dissatisfied fellow countrymen, and not in mine, is the momentous issue of civil war. We are not enemies, but friends! We Page 193 - of a great civil war. Until now, it has not been known to the world that this was a possibility. It shows also how sound and strong we still are. It. shows that, even among Page 206 - District, and I have ever desired to see the national capital freed from the institution in some satisfactory way. Hence there has never been in my mind any question upon the subject, except the one of Page 184 - the people of my own section. I have not now, and never have had, any disposition to treat you in any respect otherwise than as my own neighbors. I have not now any purpose to withhold from you any of the benefits of the Constitution, under any circumstances, that I would not feel myself constrained to withhold from my own Page 203 - “Mary had a little lamb, Its fleece was white as snow; And everywhere that Mary went, The lamb was sure to go.” Page 193 - confidence in me, if I know my heart, my gratitude is free from any taint of personal triumph. I do not impugn the motives of any one opposed to me. It is no pleasure to me to triumph over any one. But I give thanks to the Almighty for this evidence of the people's resolution to stand by free government and the rights of humanity.” Mr. Lincoln, Bibliographic information
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