Now, at the end of three years' struggle, the nation's condition is not what either party, or any man, devised or expected. God alone can claim it. \Vhither it is tending seems plain. If God now wills the removal of a great wrong, and wills also that... Anecdotes of Public Men - Page 170by John Wien Forney - 1873 - 444 pagesFull view - About this book
| American essays - 1910 - 964 pages
...are within his reach. Said Abraham Lincoln, 'I claim not to have controlled events, but confess that events have controlled me. Now at the end of three...nation's condition is not what either party or any man desired or expected.' There spoke not the dignified statesman of the academic tradition who moulds... | |
| 1865 - 810 pages
...attempt no compliment to my own sagacity. I claim not to have controlled events, but confess plainly that events have controlled me. Now, at the end of three...party, or any man, devised or expected. God alone can claun it. Whither it is tending seems plain. If God now wills the removal of a great wrong, and wills... | |
| Henry Jarvis Raymond - United States - 1864 - 514 pages
...attempt no compliment to my own sagacity. I claim not to have controlled events, but confess plainly that events have controlled me. Now at the end of three...wrong, and wills also that we of the North, as well as yon of the South, shall pay fairly for our complicity in that wrong, impartial history will find therein... | |
| James Edward Murdoch, Thomas Buchanan Read - Patriotic poetry, American - 1864 - 200 pages
...no compliment to my own saga-- city. I claim not to have controlled events, but confess plainly that events have controlled me. Now, at the end of three...claim it. Whither it is tending seems plain. If God wills the removal of a great wrong, and wills also that we of the North, as well as you of the South,... | |
| Horace Greeley - Slavery - 1866 - 842 pages
...ANTI-SL AVERT GROWTH. C57 I claim not to have controlled events, bnt confess plainly that events liuve Greeley l>erty or any man devised or expected. God alone can claim it. Whither it is tending seems plain. If... | |
| Edward McPherson - Confederate States of America - 1864 - 462 pages
...attempt no compliment to my own sagacity. I claim not to have controlled events, but con fan plainly that events have controlled me. Now at the end of three years* struggle, the nation's condition is m>t what either party, or any man devised, or expected. Ood alone can claim it. Whither it Is tending... | |
| Frank Crosby - Presidents - 1865 - 506 pages
...attempt no compliment to my own sagacity. I claim not to have controlled events, bat confess plainly that events have controlled me. Now, at the end of three...removal of a great wrong, and wills also that we of 1 1m North, as well as you of the South, shall pay fairly for our complicity in that wrong, impartial... | |
| Henry Jarvis Raymond, Francis Bicknell Carpenter - Presidents - 1865 - 866 pages
...sagacity. I claim not to have controlled events, but confess plainly that events have controlled mo. Now, at the end of three years' struggle, the nation's...wrong, and wills also that we of the North, as well us you of the South, shall pay fairly for our complicity in that wrong, impartial history will find... | |
| Frank Crosby - Presidents - 1865 - 498 pages
...no compliment to my own sagacity. I claim not to have controlled events,' but confess plainly that events have controlled me. Now, at the end of three...removal of a great wrong, and wills also that we of thw North, as well as you of the South, shall pay fairly for our complicity in that wrong, impartial... | |
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