Sparks Commentary

“Shall we expect some transatlantic military giant , to step the ocean, and crush us at a blow? Never! All the armies of Europe , Asia and ...

“Don’t know the manners of good society, eh? Well, I guess I know enough to turn you inside out, old gal – you sockdologizing old man-trap!...

“England's course towards the United States during the rebellion exasperated the people of this country very much against the mother cou...

“Never let your schooling interfere with your education.” – Possibly a paraphrase of author Grant Allen , although it is often misattributed...

“The objects of the laws of England are so very numerous and extensive, that, in order to consider them with any tolerable ease and perspic...

“In your hands, my dissatisfied fellow-countrymen, and not in mine, is the momentous issue of civil war . The Government will not assail you...

“The election of 1834 came, and [Abraham Lincoln] was then elected to the Legislature [of Illinois] by the highest vote cast for any candida...

If you feel like you don’t understand the Gettysburg Address, this post is for you. What the heck does “Fourscore and seven years ago” mean?...

Joseph Story was a U. S. Supreme Court justice, appointed by President James Madison In 1812, President James Madison appointed a new just...

“My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union , and is not either to save or to destroy slavery. If I could save the Union wi...

"Fondly do we hope, fervently do we pray, that this mighty scourge of war may speedily pass away. Yet, if God wills that it continu...

" ' A house divided against itself cannot stand .' I believe this government cannot endure, permanently, half slave and half ...

" ... that this nation under God shall have a new birth of freedom ... " - Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address (1863) ...