 | Josiah Gilbert Holland - 1866 - 572 pages
...self-possession. Stopping at last, he said, with a trembling voice and his cheeks wet with tears: " I know there is a God, and that He hates injustice and slavery. I see the storm coming, and I know that His hand is in it. If He has a place and work for me-'-and I think He has—I believe I am ready.... | |
 | Josiah Gilbert Holland - Presidents - 1866 - 578 pages
...yet, with this book in their hands, in the light of which human bondage cannot live a moment, they are going to vote against me. I do not understand it at all." Here Mr. Lincoln paused—paused for long minutes, his features surcharged with emotion. Then he rose and... | |
 | Francis Bicknell Carpenter - 1866 - 388 pages
...yet, with this book in their hands, in the light of which human bondage cannot live a moment, they are going to vote against me ; I do not understand it at all.' " Here Mr. Lincoln paused, — paused for long minutes, — his features surcharged with emotion. Then he... | |
 | Josiah Gilbert Holland - Biography & Autobiography - 1866 - 568 pages
...yet, with this book in their hands, in the light of which human bondage cannot live a moment, they are going to vote against me. I do not understand it at all." Here Mr. Lincoln paused—paused for long minutes, his features surcharged with emotion. Then he rose and... | |
 | Josiah Gilbert Holland - Biography & Autobiography - 1866 - 574 pages
...yet, with this book in their hands, in the light of which human bondage cannot live a moment, they are going to vote against me. I do not understand it at all." Here Mr. Lincoln paused—paused for long minutes, his features surcharged with emotion. Then he rose and... | |
 | Francis Bicknell Carpenter - History - 1866 - 364 pages
...yet, with this book in their hands, in the light of which human bondage cannot live a moment, they are going to vote against me ; I do not understand it at all.' " Here Mr. Lincoln paused, — paused for long minutes, — his features surcharged with emotion. Then he... | |
 | Josiah Gilbert Holland - Biography & Autobiography - 1866 - 556 pages
...yet, with this book in their hands, in the light of which human bondage cannot live a moment, they are going to vote against me. I do not understand it at all." Here Mr. Lincoln paused—paused for long minutes, his features surcharged with emotion. Then he rose and... | |
 | Josiah Gilbert Holland - Biography & Autobiography - 1866 - 574 pages
...he said, with a trembling voice and his cheeks wet with tears: " I know there is a God, and that lie hates injustice and slavery. I see the storm coming, and I know that His hand is in it. If lie has a place and work for me—and I think He has—I believe I am ready.... | |
 | Francis Bicknell Carpenter - Presidents - 1867 - 384 pages
...yet, with this book in their hands, in the light of which human bondage cannot live a moment, they are going to vote against me ; I do not understand it at all.' " Here Mr. Lincoln paused, — paused for long minutes, — his features surcharged with emotion. Then he... | |
 | William Cunningham Gray - 1868 - 214 pages
...with this book in their hands, in the light of which human bondage can not live for a moment, they are going to vote against me. I do not understand it at all." With cheeks wet with tears, and a trembling voice, he continued: "I know there is a God, and that he... | |
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are going to vote against me. I do not understand it at all." Here his voice was choked with emotion, and he rose and walked about the room until he regained his self-possession. Then, with his face wet with tears, he continued: " I know there is a God,... 
