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Page 51 - Nature, they say, doth dote, And cannot make a man Save on some worn-out plan, Repeating us by rote: For him her Old- World moulds aside she threw, And choosing sweet clay from the breast Of the unexhausted West, With stuff untainted shaped a hero new, Wise, steadfast in the strength of God, and true.
Page 135 - This morning, as for some days past, it seems exceedingly probable that this Administration will not be re-elected. Then it will be my duty to so cooperate with the President-elect, as to save the Union between the election and the inauguration ; as he will have secured his election on such ground that he cannot possibly save it afterwards.
Page 55 - Give our clients to understand that the election of a President makes no change in the firm of Lincoln and Herndon. If I live I'm coming back some time, and then we'll go right on practising law as if nothing had ever happened.
Page 93 - It is agreed that the United States and Her Britannic Majesty shall, upon mutual requisitions by them, or their Ministers, officers, or authorities, respectively made, deliver up to justice all persons who, being charged with the crime of murder...
Page 104 - I recognize however the right of labor to organize. Each man in America is a freeman, and so long as he does not interfere with the rights of others he has the right to do with that which is his what he pleases.
Page 8 - The management of the affairs of the Society shall be vested in a. Council consisting of nine members, viz.
Page 136 - In respect to Mr. Lincoln I continue to hold exactly the sentiments contained in my letter of acceptance. I consider that his administration has been politically, militarily, and financially a failure, and that its necessary continuance is a cause of regret for the country.
Page 51 - Salem, without father and mother, without descent, having neither beginning of days nor end of life, made like unto the Son of God, abiding a priest continually.
Page 7 - NOTE. Following the practice of the Publication Committee in previous years, this volume includes, besides the official proceedings and the papers read at the last annual meeting, some essays and other matter contributed during the year. It is hoped that these "contributions to State History...
Page 105 - The railroads carrying the mails and interstate commerce have a right to the service of each of its employees until each lawfully chooses to quit, and any concerted action upon the part of others to demand or insist under any effective penalty or threat upon their quitting to the injury of the mail service or the prompt transportation of interstate commerce...