 party than for the glory of the nation and the honor of the dead. We pass over the silly remarks of the President; for the credit of the nation we are willing that the veil of oblivion shall  Abraham Lincoln and His Books - Page 23by William Eleazar Barton - 1920 - 108 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Education - 1919 - 408 pages
...more for the benefit of bis party than for the glory of the nation and tire honor of the dead......We pass over the silly remarks of the President ; for...nation we are willing that the veil of oblivion shall be dropped over them and that they shall no more bo repeated or thought of." Whada va thinka that?... | |
 | Orton H. Carmichael - 1917 - 172 pages
...acted without sense and without constraint in a panorama that was gotten up more for the benefit of his party than for the glory of the nation and the honor...nation we are willing that the veil of oblivion shall be dropped over them and that they shall no more be repeated or thought of." It must also be remembered... | |
 | Henry Ezekiel Jackson - 1919 - 410 pages
...acted without sense and without constraint in a panorama that was gotten up more for the benefit of his party than for the glory of the Nation and the honor...nation, we are willing that the veil of oblivion shall be dropped over them and that they shall no more be repeated or thought of." The place of honor which... | |
 | Jim Murphy - Juvenile Nonfiction - 1992 - 128 pages
...to say. One, the Patriot and Union, of Haras he sits down. risburg, Pennsylvania, had this comment: “We pass over the silly remarks of the President;...nation we are willing that the veil of oblivion shall be dropped over them and that they shall no more be repeated or thought of.” Even Lincoln doubted... | |
 | Thomas G. Long, Cornelius Plantinga - Religion - 1994 - 324 pages
...stuffi Not he! He was no sucker! He was a hardheaded realist, he was! So he wrote this in his paper: “We pass over the silly remarks of the President;...nation, we are willing that the veil of oblivion shall be dropped over them and that they shall no more be repeated or thought of.” Ah, you fool, you stood... | |
 | Arthur C. Danto - Art - 2001 - 296 pages
...said. Small wonder the Harrisburg Patriot editorialized the president's “silly remarks” this way: “For the credit of the Nation we are willing that the veil of oblivion shall be dropped and that they shall be no more repeated or thought of.” Half the men who fell there did... | |
 | Thomas A. Desjardin, A Desjardin - History - 2008 - 290 pages
...reporters in attendance at Lincoln's address panned the speech. A Harrisburg newspaper editorial wrote, "We pass over the silly remarks of the President;...Nation we are willing that the veil of oblivion shall be dropped over them and that they shall no more be repeated or thought of." 8 That same day, the Chicago... | |
 | David E. Johnson, Johnny Ray Johnson - History - 2004 - 260 pages
...was roundly condemned. The Harrisburg Patriot and Union in its account of the day's activities, said, “We pass over the silly remarks of the President;...nation we are willing that the veil of oblivion shall be dropped over them and that they shall no more be repeated or thought of.” The London Times said,... | |
 | John McCollister - Aeronautical museums - 2004 - 194 pages
...Several reporters in the crowd expressed their frustrations in print. The Harrisburg Patriot and Union: “We pass over the silly remarks of the President;...nation we are willing that the veil of oblivion shall be dropped over them and that they shall be no more repeated or thought The Chicago Times: “. . .... | |
 | Erin Rainwater - 2006 - 420 pages
...always succinct, but I've never known him to offer a single word that lacked substance." "It says: 'We pass over the silly remarks of the President;...nation we are willing that the veil of oblivion shall be dropped over them and that they shall no more be repeated or thought of." "Only time will tell about... | |
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