AXIOMS AND APHORISMS FROM THE GREAT EMANCIPATOR   COMPILED BY WALLACE RICE COMPILER OF "THE FRANKLIN YEAR BOOK" CHICAGO A. C. McCLURG & CO. 1907 Copyright, 1907, A. C. McClurg & Co. Published October 12, 1907 The Lakeside Press R. R. DONNELLEY & SONS COMPANY CHICAGO TO Francis Fisher Browne A FOLLOWER OF LINCOLN IN WAR AND PEACE PRINCIPLE AND PRECEPT Let us have faith that right makes might The dogmas of the past are inadequate to the stormy present.   FIRST Always do the

FOURTH All I am in the world, I owe to the opinion of me which the people express when they call me "Honest Old Abe." FIFTH The way for a young man to rise is to improve himself in every way he can, never suspecting that anybody is hindering him.   SIXTH No one has needed favors more than I. SEVENTH Whatever is calculated to improve the condition of the honest, struggling laboring man, I am for that thing. EIGHTH All we want is time and patience. NINTH I esteem foreigners as no better than other

Let none falter who thinks he is right, and we may succeed.   FIRST Labor is like any other commodity in the market—increase the demand for it and you increase the price of it. SECOND When I hear a man preach, I like to see him act as if he were fighting bees. THIRD I say "try," for if we never try, we never succeed. FOURTH The pioneer in any movement is not generally the best man to bring that movement to a successful issue. FIFTH Defeat and failure make everything seem wrong.   SIXTH This nati

Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves; and, under a just God, can not long retain it.   FIRST Twenty thousand is as much as any man ought to want. SECOND By general law, life and limb must be protected; yet often a limb must be amputated to save a life; but a life is never given merely to save a limb. THIRD Trust to the good sense of the American people. FOURTH Let us judge not, that we be not judged. FIFTH Put the foot down firmly.   SIXTH The occasion is piled high wit

The probability that we may fail in the struggle ought not to deter us from the support of a cause which we deem to be just.   FIRST You can fool some of the people all of the time, or all of the people some of the time; but you can't fool all of the people all of the time. SECOND He has abundant talents—quite enough to occupy all his time without devoting any to temper. THIRD I do not argue—I beseech you to make the argument for yourself. FOURTH Must a government, of necessity, be too strong fo

Two principles have stood face to face from the beginning of time and will ever continue to struggle. The one is the common right of humanity; the other is the divine right of kings.   FIRST Revolutionize through the ballot box. SECOND Repeal all past history,—you still can not repeal human nature. THIRD Capital has its rights, which are as worthy of protection as other rights. FOURTH Teach men that what they can not take by an election, neither can they take by war. FIFTH I authorize no bargain

It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us,—that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to the cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion,—that we here highly resolve that the dead shall not have died in vain.   FIRST Let the people know the truth, and the country is safe. SECOND Men moving in an official circle are apt to become merely official—not to say arbitrary. THIRD Negroes, like other people, act upon motives. Why should th

Our fathers brought forth upon this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.   FIRST This country, with all its institutions, belongs to the people who inhabit it. SECOND What is the use of putting up the gap when the fence is down all around? THIRD We hold the power—and bear the responsibility. FOURTH My countrymen, if you have been taught doctrines conflicting with the great landmarks of the Declaration of Independence; if y

I feel that I can not succeed without the Divine blessing, and on the Almighty Being I place my reliance for support.   FIRST It is not "Can any of us imagine better?" but "Can we all do better?" SECOND Perpetuity is implied, if not expressed, in the fundamental law of all national governments. THIRD Wanting to work is so rare a merit that it should be encouraged. FOURTH We shall sooner have the fowl by hatching the egg than by smashing it. FIFTH Maintain the honor and integrity of the nation.  

I feel that the time is coming when the sun shall shine, the rain fall, on no man who shall go forth to unrequited toil.   FIRST Labor is the superior of capital and deserves much the higher consideration. SECOND Come, let us reason together, like the honest fellows we are. THIRD There is no such thing as a free man being fixed for life in the condition of a hired laborer. FOURTH There is, and probably always will be, a relation between labor and capital producing mutual benefits. FIFTH Labor is

Great statesmen as they (the Fathers of the Republic) were, they knew the tendency of prosperity to breed tyrants, and so they established these great self-evident truths, that when in the future some man, some faction, some interest, should set up the doctrine that none but rich men, none but white men, or none but Anglo-Saxon white men were entitled to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, their posterity might look up again to the Declaration of Independence and take courage to renew t

All are of the great family of men, and if there is one shackle upon any of them, it would be far better to lift the load.   FIRST Men should utter nothing for which they would not be willingly responsible through time and in eternity. SECOND Never mind if you are a count; you shall be treated with just as much consideration, for all that. THIRD If Almighty God gives a man a cowardly pair of legs, how can he help their running away with him? FOURTH It is against my principles to contest a clear

Teach hope to all—despair to none.   FIRST Rise up to the height of a generation of free men worthy of a free government. SECOND Let us be quite sober. THIRD We prefer a candidate who will allow the people to have their own way, regardless of his private opinion. FOURTH The people's will is the ultimate law for all. FIFTH I shall do my utmost that whoever is to hold the helm for the next voyage shall start with the best possible chance of saving the ship.   SIXTH My gratitude is free from all se