Included here are quotations and references to subjects
in the eight volumes of “The Writings of Abraham
Lincoln”. It begins with his first political
address in 1832 and ends with a hastily scrawled note
on the day of his assassination. I hoped that
the design of the html page with quotations scrolling
down along the side of various steel engravings and
photographs of this great man might give the words
a greater impact. D. W.
100,000 slaves are now in the United States military
service
Abolishing slavery in Washington, DC
Abraham or “Abram”
Act in such a manner as to create no bad feeling
Affected contempt of refinement
All know where he went in at; can’t tell where
he
will come out at
All agreed on this except South Carolina and Georgia
And the war came
As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a
master
Ask of you military success, and I will risk the
dictatorship
Bad promises are better broken than kept
Better for their own good than if they had been
successful
Boiling the shadow of a pigeon that had starved
to death
Bread that his own hands have earned
Came forward and made a virtue of necessity
Colonization
Common right of humanity
Compensated Emancipation
Conspiracy to perpetuate and nationalize slavery
Constitution alludes to slavery three times
Could not afford to make money
Counterfeit logic
Crime to tell him that he is free!
Danger of third-parties
Declaring the African slave trade piracy
Direct while appearing to obey
Dirge of one who has no title to himself
Distinction between a purpose and an expectation
Don’t think it will do him a bit of good either
Dred Scott
Endeavoring to blow up a storm that he may
ride upon
Estimated as mere brutes—as rightful property
Events control me; I cannot control events
Explanations explanatory of explanations explained
Familiarize yourselves with the chains of bondage
Father’s request for money
Female Spy
First Overtures for Surrender from Davis
Five-star Mother
Forbids the marrying of white people with negroes
Forever forbid the two races living together
Fort Pillow Massacre
Four Score and Seven Years Ago
Frankly that I am not in favor of negro
citizenship
Free all the slaves, and send them to Liberia
Fugitive Slave law
Further Democratic Party Criticism
General Grant is a copious worker
General McClellan’s Tired Horses
