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" Fellow-citizens, we cannot escape history. We of this Congress and this Administration will be remembered in spite of ourselves. No personal significance or insignificance can spare one or another of us. The fiery trial through which we pass will light... "
"We Cannot Escape History": Lincoln and the Last Best Hope of Earth - Page 2
edited by - 1995 - 176 pages
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Littell's Living Age, Volume 76

Literature - 1863 - 640 pages
...remembered in spite of ourselves. No personal significance or insignificance can spare one or another of us. The fiery trial through which we pass will light us...down in honor or dishonor to the latest generation. We say that we are for the Union. The world will not forget that while we say this we do know how to...
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The Impending Crisis of the South: How to Meet it

Hinton Rowan Helper - Slavery - 1857 - 946 pages
...forget that we say this. We know how to save the Union. The world knows we do know how to save it. In giving freedom to the slave we assure freedom to the free. We shall nobly save or meanly lose the last, best hope of earth. Other means , may succeed, this could...
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History of the United States: From the Earliest Period to the ..., Volume 4

Jesse Ames Spencer - United States - 1866 - 620 pages
...remembered in spite of ourselves. No personal significance or insignificance can spare one or another of us. The fiery trial through which we pass will light us...down in honor or dishonor to the latest generation. We say that we are for the Union. The world will not forget that we say this. We know how to save the...
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Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, Part 1

United States - 1862 - 984 pages
...in spite of ourselves. No personal significance, or insignificance, can spare one or another of us. The fiery trial through which we pass, will light...down, in honor or dishonor, to the latest generation. We say we are for the Union. The world will not forget that we say this. We know how to save the Union....
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Message of the President of the United States to the Two Houses of Congress ...

United States. President (1861-1865 : Lincoln) - Presidents - 1862 - 986 pages
...in spite of ourselves. No personal significance, or insignificance, can spare one or another of us. The fiery trial through which we pass, will light...down, in honor or dishonor, to the latest generation. We say we are for the Union. The world will not forget that wo say this. We know how to save the Union....
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Papers Relating to Foreign Affairs, Volume 37

United States. Department of State - United States - 1862 - 984 pages
...in spite of ourselves. No personal significance, or insignificance, can spare one or another of us. The fiery trial through which we pass, will light us down, in houor or dishonor, to the latest generation. We say we are for the Union. The world will not forget...
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The Abridgment ... Containing the Annual Message of the President of the ...

United States. President - United States - 1862 - 990 pages
...spite of ourselves. No personal significance, or insignificance, can spare one or another .-si us. The fiery trial through which we pass, will light us down, in Lonor or dishonor, to the latest generation. We say we are for the Union. The world will not forget...
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Journal: 1st-13th Congress . Repr. 14th Congress, 1st Session ..., Volume 1

United States. Congress. House - United States - 1863 - 758 pages
...in spite of ourselves. No personal significance, or insignificance, can spare one or another of us. The fiery trial through which we pass will light us...down, in honor or dishonor, to the latest generation. We say we are for the Union. The world will not forget that we say this. We know how to save the Union....
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The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History and Politics of ..., Volume 104

Books - 1863 - 798 pages
...remembered in spite of ourselves. No personal significance or insignificance can spare one or another of us. The fiery trial through which we pass will light us down in honour or dishonour to the latest generation. - " We say that we are for the Union. The world will...
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The Political History of the United States of America, During the Great ...

Edward McPherson - Confederate States of America - 1864 - 462 pages
...in spite of ourselves. No personal significance, or insignificance, can spare one or another of us. The fiery trial through which we pass will light us...down, in honor or dishonor, to the latest generation. We tay we are for the Union. The world will not forget that we say this. We know how to save the Union....
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