Our Destiny Is Largely In Our Hands.

As Those Who Believe In The Visibility Of Ghosts Can Easily See Them, So It Is Always Easy To See Repulsive Qualities In Those We Despise And Hate.

Viewing The Man From The Genuine Abolitionist Ground, Mr. Lincoln Seemed Cold, Tardy, Weak And Unequal To The Task. But, Viewing Him From The Sentiments Of His People, Which As A Statesman He Was Bound To Respect, Then His Actions Were Swift, Bold, Radical And Decisive. Taking The Man In The Whole, Balancing The Tremendous Magnitude Of The Situation, And The Necessary Means To Ends, Infinite Wisdom Has Rarely Sent A Man Into The World More Perfectly Suited To His Mission Than Abraham Lincoln.

The American Constitution Is A Written Instrument Full And Complete In Itself. No Court In America, No Congress, No President, Can Add A Single Word Thereto, Or Take A Single Word Threreto. It Is A Great National Enactment Done By The People, And Can Only Be Altered, Amended, Or Added To By The People.

I Have Often Wished Myself A Beast. I Preferred The Condition Of The Meanest Reptile To My Own. Any Thing, No Matter What, To Get Rid Of Thinking! It Was This Everlasting Thinking Of My Condition That Tormented Me. There Was No Getting Rid Of It. It Was Pressed Upon Me By Every Object Within Sight Or Hearing, Animate Or Inanimate.

Every Tone Was A Testimony Against Slavery, And A Prayer To God For Deliverance From Chains.