I am glad I made the late race. It gave me a hearing on the great and durable question of the age, which I could have had in no other way ; and though I now sink out of view, and shall be forgotten, I believe I have made some marks which will tell for... Lincoln and Herndon - Page 181by Joseph Fort Newton - 1910 - 367 pagesFull view - About this book
| Josiah Gilbert Holland, Richard Watson Gilder - American literature - 1887 - 984 pages
...hearing on the great and durable question of the age, which I could have had in no other way ; and though I now sink out of view, and shall be forgotten, I...have made some marks which will tell for the cause of liberty, long after I am gone." t * Lincoln to Judd, Nov. i6th, 1858. t Lincoln to Dr. Henry, Nov.... | |
| Mary Mapes Dodge - Children's literature - 1906 - 598 pages
...hearing on the great and durable question of the age, which I could have had in no other way ; and though I now sink out of view and shall be forgotten, I believe...cause of civil liberty long after I am gone." But he was not to " sink out of view and be forgotten." Douglas himself contributed not a little toward... | |
| Jabez Thomas Sunderland, Brooke Herford, Frederick B. Mott - Liberalism (Religion) - 1887 - 326 pages
...hearing on the great and durable question of the age, which I could have had in no other way; and though I now sink out of view, and shall be forgotten, I...have made some marks which will tell for the cause of liberty long after I am gone." Mrs. Mary A. Livermore has delivered more than 800 temperance addresses.... | |
| William O. Stoddard - 1888 - 426 pages
...hearing on the great and durable question of the age, which I could have had in no other way ; and though I now sink out of view and shall be forgotten, I believe...have made some marks which will tell for the cause of liberty long after I am gone." CHAPTER XVIII. Growing Fame — The Cooper Institute Speech — Four... | |
| William Henry Herndon, Jesse William Weik - 1889 - 288 pages
...hearing on the great and durable questions of the age which I could have had in no other way ; and though I now sink out of view and shall be forgotten, I believe...have made some marks which will tell for the cause of liberty long after I am gone." Before passing to later events in Mr. Lincoln's life it is proper to... | |
| John George Nicolay, John Hay - Presidents - 1890 - 530 pages
...hearing on the great and durable question of the age, which I could have had in no other way ; and though I now sink out of view, and shall be forgotten, I...the cause of civil liberty long after I am gone." To these one other letter may be added, showing his never-failing faith in the political future. To... | |
| John George Nicolay, John Hay - Presidents - 1890 - 526 pages
...hearing on the great and durable question of the age, which I could have had in no other way ; and though I now sink out of view, and shall be forgotten, I...the cause of civil liberty long after I am gone." To these one other letter may be added, showing his never-failing faith in the political future. To... | |
| John George Nicolay, John Hay - Presidents - 1890 - 522 pages
...hearing on the great and durable question of the age, which I could have had in no other way ; and though I now sink out of view, and shall be forgotten, I...have made some marks which will tell for the cause of o^Henry, civil liberty long after I am gone." Ia5^'MB. To these one other letter may be added, showing... | |
| James Ford Rhodes - United States - 1892 - 564 pages
...hearing on the great and durable question of the age which I could have had in no other way ; and though I now sink out of view and shall be forgotten, I believe...the cause of civil liberty long after I am gone." ' Lincoln had no regrets about his first Springfield speech. Sumner asked him a few days before his... | |
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