"I want it said of me by those who knew me best that I always plucked a thistle and planted a flower where I thought a fl..."

"Lo, as I gaze, the statured man, Built up from yon large hand appears: A type that nature wills to plan But once in all ..."

"I have not decided against a proclamation of liberty to the slaves, but hold the matter under advisement. And I can assu..."