Items related to Werner's readings and recitations Volume No. 45
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1910 Excerpt: ...the union of his people and for the freedom of a race, Abraham Lincoln. If ever I feel the soul within me elevate and expand to those dimensions not wholly unworthy of its almighty Architect, it is when I contemplate the cause of my country deserted by all the world beside, and I standing up boldly and alone, and hurling defiance at her victorious oppressors. Here without contemplating consequences, before a high heaven and in the face of the world, I swear eternal fidelity to the just cause, as I deem it, of the land of my life, my liberty, and my love.--Abraham Lincoln, December 20, 18S9. EMANCIPATION GROUP. John Grkenleaf Whittier. AMIDST thy sacred effigies Of old renown give place, O city, Freedom-loved! to his Whose hand unchained a race. Take the worn frame, that rested not Save in a martyr's grave;-The care-lined face, that time forgot, Bent to the kneeling slave. Let man be free! The mighty word He spake was not his own! An impulse from the Highest stirred These chiselled lips alone. The cloudy sign, the fiery guide, Along his pathway ran, And nature, through his voice, denied The ownership of man. We rest in peace where these sad eyes Saw peril, strife and pain; His was the nation's sacrifice, And ours the priceless gain. O symbol of God's will on earth As it is done above! Bear witness to the cost and worth Of justice and of love. Stand in thy place and testify To coming ages long, That truth is stronger than a lie And righteousness than wrong. ABOLITIONIST AND SLAVEHOLDER. Discussion Between Judge Whipple And Colonel Carvel. Winston Churchill. Arranged from "The Crisis." Time: Just before the Civil War. Place: St. Louis. JUDGE WHIPPLE. What a miserable exhibition--Franklin Pierce of New Hampshire managed by Jefferson Davis of Mississip...
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- PublisherRareBooksClub.com
- Publication date2012
- ISBN 10 1236327578
- ISBN 13 9781236327574
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages56
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