Now, at the end of three years' struggle, the nation's condition is not what either party, or any man, devised or expected. God alone can claim it. \Vhither it is tending seems plain. If God now wills the removal of a great wrong, and wills also that... Anecdotes of Public Men - Страница 170по John Wien Forney - 1873 - 444 странициПълен достъп - Информация за книгата
| 1910 - 964 страници
...are within his reach. Said Abraham Lincoln, 'I claim not to have controlled events, but confess that events have controlled me. Now at the end of three...nation's condition is not what either party or any man desired or expected.' There spoke not the dignified statesman of the academic tradition who moulds... | |
| 1865 - 810 страници
...attempt no compliment to my own sagacity. I claim not to have controlled events, but confess plainly that events have controlled me. Now, at the end of three...party, or any man, devised or expected. God alone can claun it. Whither it is tending seems plain. If God now wills the removal of a great wrong, and wills... | |
| Henry Jarvis Raymond - 1864 - 514 страници
...attempt no compliment to my own sagacity. I claim not to have controlled events, but confess plainly that events have controlled me. Now at the end of three...wrong, and wills also that we of the North, as well as yon of the South, shall pay fairly for our complicity in that wrong, impartial history will find therein... | |
| James Edward Murdoch, Thomas Buchanan Read - 1864 - 200 страници
...no compliment to my own saga-- city. I claim not to have controlled events, but confess plainly that events have controlled me. Now, at the end of three...claim it. Whither it is tending seems plain. If God wills the removal of a great wrong, and wills also that we of the North, as well as you of the South,... | |
| Horace Greeley - 1866 - 842 страници
...ANTI-SL AVERT GROWTH. C57 I claim not to have controlled events, bnt confess plainly that events liuve Greeley l>erty or any man devised or expected. God alone can claim it. Whither it is tending seems plain. If... | |
| Edward McPherson - 1864 - 462 страници
...attempt no compliment to my own sagacity. I claim not to have controlled events, but con fan plainly that events have controlled me. Now at the end of three years* struggle, the nation's condition is m>t what either party, or any man devised, or expected. Ood alone can claim it. Whither it Is tending... | |
| Frank Crosby - 1865 - 506 страници
...attempt no compliment to my own sagacity. I claim not to have controlled events, bat confess plainly that events have controlled me. Now, at the end of three...removal of a great wrong, and wills also that we of 1 1m North, as well as you of the South, shall pay fairly for our complicity in that wrong, impartial... | |
| Henry Jarvis Raymond, Francis Bicknell Carpenter - 1865 - 866 страници
...sagacity. I claim not to have controlled events, but confess plainly that events have controlled mo. Now, at the end of three years' struggle, the nation's...wrong, and wills also that we of the North, as well us you of the South, shall pay fairly for our complicity in that wrong, impartial history will find... | |
| Frank Crosby - 1865 - 498 страници
...no compliment to my own sagacity. I claim not to have controlled events,' but confess plainly that events have controlled me. Now, at the end of three...removal of a great wrong, and wills also that we of thw North, as well as you of the South, shall pay fairly for our complicity in that wrong, impartial... | |
| George Washington Bacon - 1865 - 206 страници
...statesman of the Napoleonic type. " I claim not to have controlled events, but confess " plainly that events have controlled me. Now, at the " end of three...now wills the removal of a great " wrong, and wills that we of the North shall pay fairly " for our complicity in that wrong, impartial history will "... | |
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