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" I have got you together to hear what I have written down. - I do not wish your advice about the main matter — for that I have determined for myself. "
Annual Report of the American Historical Association - Page 90
by American Historical Association - 1903
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Six Months at the White House with Abraham Lincoln: The Story of a Picture

Francis Bicknell Carpenter - 1866 - 382 pages
...to myself and (hesitating Maker. The rebel army is now driven out, and I am going to fulfill tuat ve got you together to hear what I have written down I do not wish your ie main matter, for that I hare determined for myself. This I say withanythingbut respect for any one...
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The Life and Public Services of Salmon Portland Chase, United States Senator ...

Jacob William Schuckers - 1874 - 714 pages
...of emancipation, such as I thought most likely to be useful. I said nothing to any one, but I made a promise to myself and (hesitating a little) to my...wish your advice about the main matter, for that I bare determined for myself. This I Bay without intending any thing but respect for any one of you....
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Public Opinion, Volume 28

1900 - 848 pages
...dignity (when he was through reading the "High-handed Outrage at Utica"), telling his cabinet plainly: "I do not wish your advice about the main matter, for that I have determined upon for myself." Why drag in Artemus Ward's wax works? Again, when Lincoln was preparing for his marriage,...
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Visitors' Companion at Our Nation's Capital: A Complete Guide for Washington ...

George G. Evans - 1892 - 296 pages
...Maker. The rebel army is now driven out, and I am going to fulfil that promise. I do not wish to hear your advice about the main matter, for that I have determined for myself." (From the Diary of Secretary Chase.) iedt eta Muetz •fr'M- vrie / -led , 7* V &* s /w • ,/ -j/...
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History of the United States from the Compromise of 1850...

James Ford Rhodes - 1899 - 624 pages
...driven out" of Maryland, he said, and I am going to fulfil the promise I made to myself and my God. " I have got you together to hear what I have written...main matter ; for that I have determined for myself." 1 He read then his proclamation of freedom : " On the first day of January, in the year of our Lord...
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Annual Report of the American Historical Association

American Historical Association - 1903 - 540 pages
...better condition. The action of the army against the rebels has not been quite what I should have hest liked. But they have been driven out of Maryland,...what I have written down. I do not wish your advice alxnit the main matter — for that I have determined for myself. This I say without intending anything...
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History of the United States from the Compromise of 1850 to the Final ...

James Ford Rhodes - 1906 - 622 pages
...driven out" of Maryland, he said, and I am going to fulfil the promise I made to myself and my God. " I have got you together to hear what I have written...main matter ; for that I have determined for myself." i He read then his proclamation of freedom : " On the first day of January, in the year of our Lord...
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The Welding

Lafayette McLaws - 1907 - 386 pages
...and " — he hesitated slightly — "to my God, to issue that proclamation emancipating the slaves. I have got you together to hear what I have written...main matter, for that I have determined for myself." He took up the few loose sheets of paper which he had placed on the table at his elbow, and read from...
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Retrospections of an Active Life, Volume 1

John Bigelow - 1909 - 720 pages
...myself and (hesitating a little) to my Maker. The rebel army is now driven out, and I am going to fulfil that promise. I have got you together to hear what I have written down. I do not wish your service about the main matter, for that I have determined for myself. This I say without intending...
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Retrospections of an Active Life: 1817-1863

John Bigelow - 1909 - 700 pages
...myself and (hesitating a little) to my Maker. The rebel army is now driven out, and I am going to fulfil that promise. I have got you together to hear what I have written down. I do not wish your service about the main matter, for that I have determined for myself. This I say without intending...
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