The Writings of Abraham Lincoln (Volume 01)

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. 1906 Excerpt: ... New York, was concerned in the preservation of the Union under which all the States had acquired their due measure of greatness. And he added: I understand the ship to be made for the carrying and the preservation of the cargo, and so long as the ship can be saved with the cargo, it should never be abandoned, unless there appears to be no possibility of its preservation, and it must cease to exist, except at the risk of throwing overboard both freight and passengers. So long, then, as it is possible that the prosperity and the liberties of the people be preserved in this Union, it shall be my purpose at all times to use all my powers to aid in its perpetuation. Earlier in this story, we have seen how Lincoln dwelt on his study of the character of Washington, as it was drawn in the first book which, as the poor boy of the backwoods, was his first literary possession--Weems's Life of Washington. At Trenton, New Jersey, where he was in sight of some of the most famous battle-fields of the Revolutionary War, Lincoln recalled to the minds of the people before him...;-: % lilac v-y few of the States among the old..-a r--nnai States had more battle-fields within v..--uiies than New Jersey. And he added: May I be pardoned if upon this occasion I mention u. J.way back in my childhood, the earliest days of my being able to read, I got hold of a small book, such a one as few of these younger members have ever seen, Weems-s L.-/v of Washington. 1 remember all the accounts there given of the battle-fields and struggles for the liberties of the country, and none fixed themselves upon my imagination so deeply as the struggle here at Trenton, New Jersey. The crossing of the river, the contest with the Hessians, the great hardships endured at tha...