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- If we would reach a degree of civilization higher and grander than any yet attained, we should welcome to our ample continent all nations, kindreds…
- I have one great political idea. . . . That idea is an old one. It is widely and generally assented to; nevertheless, it is…
- I was broken in body, soul, and spirit. My natural elasticity was crushed, my intellect languished, the disposition to read departed, the cheerful spark that…
- Education means emancipation. It means light and liberty. It means the uplifting of the soul of man into the glorious light of truth, the light…
- Viewing the man from the genuine abolitionist ground, Mr. Lincoln seemed cold, tardy, weak and unequal to the task. But, viewing him from the sentiments…
- The day dawns; the morning star is bright upon the horizon! The iron gate of our prison stands half open. One gallant rush from the…
- [...] allowing only ordinary ability and opportunity, we may explain success mainly by one word and that word is WORK! WORK!! WORK!!! WORK!!!! Not transient…
- [...] endless action and reaction. Those beautifully rounded pebbles which you gather on the sand and which you hold in your hand and marvel at…
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