| Lew Wallace - 1888 - 644 страници
...In his message to Congress, the President thus explains this act : " In giving freedom to the slave we assure freedom to the free, honorable alike in...save, or meanly lose, the last, best hope of earth. * * * The way is plain, peaceful, glorious, just — a way which, if followed, the world will forever... | |
| Lew Wallace, George Alfred Townsend - 1888 - 664 страници
...States. In his message to Congress, the President thus explains this act: "In giving freedom to the slave we assure freedom to the free, honorable alike in what we give and what we preserve. We shall nobly'save, or meanly lose, the last, best hope of earth. * * * The way is plain, peaceful, glorious,... | |
| Lew Wallace - 1888 - 646 страници
...nobly save, or meanly lose, the last, best hope of earth. * * * The way is plain, peaceful, glorious, just — a way which, if followed, the world will forever applaud and God must forever bless." In 1864, by a respectable majority in the popular vote and a large one in the electoral college, Mr.... | |
| Anna Lydia Ward - 1889 - 724 страници
...religion, the religion of our time. 1647 Heine : English Fragments. In giving freedom to the slave we assure freedom to the free — honorable alike in what we give and what we preserve. 1648 Abraham Lincoln : Conclusion, Second Annual Message to Congress. The only freedom which deserves... | |
| Abraham Lincoln - 1890 - 454 страници
...We — even we here — hold the power and bear the responsibility. In giving freedom to the slave we assure freedom to the free — honorable alike...will forever applaud, and God must forever bless. A. LINCOLN. LETTER TO MR. WOOD, DECEMBER 12, 1862. My Dear Sir: — Your letter of the 8th, with the... | |
| John George Nicolay, John Hay - 1890 - 600 страници
...We — even we here — hold the power, and bear the responsibility. In giving freedom to the slave, we assure freedom to the free — honorable alike...will forever applaud, and God must forever bless. No immediate action followed this patriotic appeal. No indications of reviving unionism were manifested... | |
| John George Nicolay, John Hay - 1890 - 598 страници
...We — even we here — hold the power, and bear the responsibility. In giving freedom to the slave, we assure freedom to the free — honorable alike...Other means may succeed, this could not fail. The way AMua™' is plain, peaceful, generous, just — a way which, if fol- ID™a?J)' lowed, the world will... | |
| Charles Wallace French - 1891 - 412 страници
...We — even we here — hold the power and bear the responsibility. In giving freedom to the slave, we assure freedom to the free — honorable, alike,...if followed, the world will forever applaud and God will forever bless." The final proclamation was issued January 1, 1863, and was a document which will... | |
| Henry Jarvis Raymond, Francis Bicknell Carpenter - 1891 - 424 страници
...even we here— hold the power and bear the responsibility. In giving freedom to the slave we as«ure freedom to the free — honorable alike in what we...of earth. Other means may succeed ; this could not, cannot fail. The way is plain, peaceful, generous, just — a way which, if followed, the world will... | |
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