President Abraham Lincoln
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Abraham
Lincoln
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"I was born Feb. 12, 1809, in Hardin County, Kentucky.
My parents were both born in Virginia, of undistinguished families--second
families, perhaps I should say. My mother, who died in my tenth year, was of
a family of the name of Hanks.... My father ... removed from Kentucky to ...
Indiana, in my eighth year.... It was a wild region, with many bears and
other wild animals still in the woods. There I grew up.... Of course when I
came of age I did not know much. Still somehow, I could read, write, and
cipher ... but that was all."
Famous quotes & quotations...
"Upon the subject of education, not presuming to
dictate any plan or system respecting it, I can only say that I view it as
the most important subject which we as a people can be engaged in."
(March 9, 1832) First Political Announcement
Chronology of his life...
1809 February 12 - Born in a one-room log
cabin, near what is now Hodgenville, Kentucky. His parents were Thomas (a
carpenter by trade; a farmer out of necessity) and Nancy Hanks.
First Inaugural Address
Fellow citizens of the United States: in compliance with a
custom as old as the government itself, I appear before you to address you
briefly and to take, in your presence, the oath prescribed by the
Constitution of the United States, to be taken by the President before he
enters on the execution of his office...
Second Inaugural Address
Fellow countrymen: At this second appearing to take the oath
of the presidential office, there is less occasion for an extended address than there was at the first. Then a statement, somewhat
in detail, of a course to be pursued, seemed fitting and proper...
The Emancipation Proclamation
...That on the first day of January, in the year of our Lord
one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, all persons held as slaves
within any State or designated part of a State, the people whereof shall
then be in rebellion against the United States, shall be then,
thenceforward, and forever free...
The Gettysburg Address
Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on
this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the
proposition that all men are created equal...
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