Life of Abraham Lincoln - being a biography of his life from his birth to his assassination; also a record of his ancestors, and a collection of anecdotes attributed to Lincoln (1896) (14770803354)

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Title: Life of Abraham Lincoln : being a biography of his life from his birth to his assassination ; also a record of his ancestors, and a collection of anecdotes attributed to Lincoln
Year: 1896 (1890s)
Authors: Nichols, Clifton M. (Clifton Melvin), 1830-1903 McKinley, William, 1843-1901. Oration on Abraham Lincoln Lowell, James Russell, 1819-1891. Abraham Lincoln Knox, William, 1789-1825. Oh! Why should the spirit of mortal be proud?
Subjects: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Presidents
Publisher: New York City Springfield, Ohio Chicago, Ill. : Mast, Crowell & Kirkpatrick
Contributing Library: Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection
Digitizing Sponsor: The Institute of Museum and Library Services through an Indiana State Library LSTA Grant



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LINCOLNS OFFICE CHAIR, TABLE AND SADDLE-BAGS, WHILE A LAWYER.
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VIEW OF THE REAR PARLOR OF THE OLD LINCOLN HOMESTEAD. (From a recent photograph.) 215 216 THOUGHTS AND SAYINGS OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN. NATURAL RIGHTS OF THE NEGRO. ( Speech delivered at Columbus, Ohio, September, 1859.) I have no purpose to introduce political and social equality between the whiteand the black races. There is a physical difference between the two which in myjudgment will probably forbid their ever living together upon the footing of per-fect equality, and inasmuch as it becomes a necessity that there must be a differ-ence, I, as well as Judge Douglas, am in favor of the race to which I belonghaving the superior position. I have never said anything to the contrary, but I hold that notwithstandingall this, there is no reason in the world why the negro is not entitled to all thenatural rights enumerated in the Declaration of Independence, the right to life,liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. In the right to eat the bread—without leave of anybody else—which his ownhand