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    [pic] Hay said that in this writing "Mr. Lincoln admits us into the most secret recesses of his soul .... Perplexed and afflicted beyond the power of human help‚ by the disasters of war‚ the wrangling of parties‚ and the inexorable and constraining logic of his own mind‚ he shut out the world one day‚ and tried to put into form his double sense of responsibility to human duty and Divine Power; and this was the result. It shows -- as has been said in another place -- the awful sincerity of a perfectly

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    Why is the Gettysburg Address Still Relevant Today? Abraham Lincoln‚ the 16th President of the United States of America‚ summed up the ideals that would go on to shape one of the most powerful nations of the world. Although President Lincoln’s speech was about ten lines‚ in which he delivered in two minutes‚ he moved not just the people who had gathered for the honoring of the soldiers who bravely gave their lives in Gettysburg while fighting for freedom‚ but also people across the globe. In ten

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    Carinna Powell November 29‚ 2012 Period 1 Hayman‚ Leroy. The Death of Lincoln. New York: Scholastic Books‚ Inc.‚ 1968. In the book‚ The Death of Lincoln‚ written by Leroy Hayman‚ it truly shows mostly every important event prior to Abraham Lincoln’s death and after the assassination as well. Like Lincoln‚ Hayman has known was true pain feels like. Not only was Hayman hit in the head by an ink bottle‚ but he survived the terrible accident and continued to live his heroic life although he became

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    "Every blade of grass is a study; and to produce two‚ where there was but one‚ is both a profit and a pleasure." "This leads to the further reflection‚ that no other human occupation opens so wide a field for the profitable and agreeable combination of labor with cultivated thought‚ as agriculture. I know of nothing so pleasant to the mind‚ as the discovery of anything which is at once new and valuable -- nothing which so lightens and sweetens toil‚ as the hopeful pursuit of such discovery. And

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    Abraham Lincoln did not truly believe that races were equal. At a speech in Springfield‚ Illinois‚ he openly says that in some respects‚ a black woman is “certainly not my equal” (3). Here he is focusing more on the fact that she is black rather than that she is a woman‚ but either way‚ he sees himself as more superior that her. But in respect to human rights‚ he believes that she does have her‚ for example‚ “natural right to eat bread [that] she earns with her own hands” (3). She is his equal and

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    the very beginning‚ President Lincoln was faced with an insurmountable challenge. The nation he now ruled over‚ the United States of America‚ was thrust into civil conflict a mere month after his inauguration on March fourth‚ eighteen sixty-one. However‚ he handled the situation unbelievable well‚ greatly due to his acceptance of the fact of war‚ as he knew it would be the only way to eventually completely preserve the Union (Stone 44). To this day‚ Abraham Lincoln has become a lasting historical

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    Abolishing Slavery: Abraham Lincoln‚ the Emancipation Proclamation‚ and the end of slavery all go hand in hand in modern day United States classrooms. Lincoln‚ a Kentucky native‚ was the great 16th president of the United States who brought freedom to black slaves throughout the country‚ forever abolishing slavery in the nation. Well‚ that’s at least what has been instilled in the young minds of children across the US. Before we can start calling Lincoln the “Great Emancipator‚” or an abolitionist

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    many strong presidents‚ but there have also been some weak ones. There is one president however‚ that I think was the strongest‚ that is Abraham Lincoln. Using the three stories provided‚ The Great Imancipator by Emily Stone‚ Father of the Nation by Terrence D. Weston‚ and America’s Third President by Sandra Jacobson‚ I will explain why I believe Abraham Lincoln was the strongest president in history. One of the greatest presidents of the United States was George Washington. Washington was the

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    Brief When Abraham Lincoln was elected President in 1860‚ seven slave states left the Union to form the Confederate States of America‚ and four more joined when hostilities began between the North and South. A bloody civil war then engulfed the nation as Lincoln vowed to preserve the Union‚ enforce the laws of the United States‚ and end the secession. The war lasted for more than four years with a staggering loss of more than 600‚000 Americans dead. Midway through the war‚ Lincoln issued the Emancipation

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    doesn’t. Another major difference is that the modern ballad‚ "There You’ll Be" is much longer than the older ballad. There are many words and phrases in S. Foster’s ballad that we don’t usually use in our common literature. For example‚ "many were the blithe birds that warbled them o’er‚" to translate this to the people that don’t speak with these different words; it says‚ "many were the cheerful birds that chirped them over." As you can see so far‚ there are many differences in the way that these

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