Every head should be cultivated.

My paramount objective in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not to either save or destroy Slavery.

Now what is Judge Douglas Popular Sovereignty? It is, as a principle, no other than that, if one man chooses to make a slave of another man, neither that other man nor anybody else has a right to object.

Cortissoz was art critic of the New York Herald Tribune.

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 flower would grow.

We can succeed only by concert. It is not 'can any of us imagine better?, but 'can we all do better?

Thoughtful men must feel that the fate of civilization upon this continent is involved in the issue of our contest. Among the most satisfying proofs of this conviction is the hearty devotion everywhere exhibited by our schools and colleges to the national cause.