 At what point then is the approach of danger to be expected ? I answer, If it ever reach us it must spring up amongst us; it cannot come from abroad. If destruction be our lot we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of freemen we must...  The Negro in Our History - Page 370by Carter Godwin Woodson - 1922 - 393 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Ward Hill Lamon, Chauncey Forward Black - 1872 - 604 pages
...force, take a drink from the Ohio, or make a track on the Blue Ridge, in a trial of a thousand years ! " At what point, then, is the approach of danger to...destruction be our lot, we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of freemen, we must live through all time, or die by suicide. " I hope I... | |
 | Ward Hill Lamon - 1872 - 630 pages
...force, take a drink from the Ohio, or make a track on the Blue Ridge, in a trial of a thousand years ! " At what point, then, is the approach of danger to...be expected? I answer, if it ever reach us, it must spriug up amongst us. It cannot come from abroad. If destruction be our lot, •we must ourselves be... | |
 | Charles Wallace French - Biography & Autobiography - 1891 - 412 pages
...ourselves and our posterity, and love for our species in general, imperatively require us to perform At what point, then, is the approach of danger to be expected ? I answer, if it ever reaches us, it must spring up among ourselves. It cannot come from abroad. If destruction be our lot,... | |
 | Charles Wallace French - Presidents - 1891 - 416 pages
...approach of danger to be expected ? I answer, if it ever reaches us, it must spring up among ourselves. It cannot come from abroad. If destruction be our lot, we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of freemen we must live through all time or die of suicide." He graphically... | |
 | Henry Clay Whitney - Booksellers and bookselling - 1892 - 772 pages
...little singular that he should have enunciated these views as early as January, 1837. He then said : "At what point, then, is the approach of danger to...amongst us. It cannot come from abroad. If destruction bo our lot, we must, ourselves, be its author and finisher. As a nation of freemen we must live through... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - United States - 1894 - 1080 pages
...force take a drink from the Ohio or make a track on the Blue Ridge in a trial of a thousand years. At what point then is the approach of danger to be...destruction be our lot we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of freemen we must live through all time, or die by suicide. I hope I am... | |
 | David Decamp Thompson - 1894 - 248 pages
...Ohio, or make a track on the Blue Ridge, in a trial of a thousand years. At what point, then, is this approach of danger to be expected ? I answer, If it ever reach us, it must spring up amongst us. It can not come from abroad. If destruction be our lot, we must ourselves be its author and finisher.... | |
 | David Decamp Thompson - Presidents - 1894 - 250 pages
...Ohio, or make a track on the Blue Ridge, in a trial of a thousand years. At what point, then, is this approach of danger to be expected ? I answer, If it ever reach us, it must spring up amongst us. It can not come from abroad. If destruction be our lot, we must ourselves be its author and finisher.... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1894 - 274 pages
...force, take a drink from the Ohio, or make a track on the Blue Ridge, in a trial of a thousand years. At what point, then, is the approach of danger to be expected ? I answer, if it ever reaches us, it must spring up among us. It cannot come from abroad. If destruction be our lot, we must... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - Presidents - 1894 - 280 pages
...is the approach of danger to be expected ? I answer, if it ever reaches us, it must spring up among us. It cannot come from abroad. If destruction be our lot, we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of freemen, we must live through all time, or die by suicide. There is even... | |
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