Frederick Douglass: “The office of speech now is only to point out when, where, and how to strike to the best advantage.”

Our very lack of preparation for the conflict disposed us to look for some other than the way of blood out of the difficulty.

Father he might be, and not be husband, and could sell his own child without incurring reproach, if in its veins coursed one drop of African blood.

Lincoln was not only a great President, but a GREAT MAN--too great to be small in anything.

The friendless and hungry boy, in his extremest need, found himself in the strong protecting arms of his mother.