 | American essays - 1910 - 964 pages
...less whenever I believe that what I am doing hurts the cause. I shall do more whenever I believe that doing more will help the cause. I shall try to correct...personal wish that all men everywhere could be free.' Here two things are made perfectly clear, the personal wish and the official duty. Abraham Lincoln,... | |
 | Literature - 1889 - 1060 pages
...appear to be true views. I have here stated my purpose according lo my view of official duty ; and 1 intend no modification of my oft-expressed personal wish that all men everywhere could be free. Yours, A. LINCOLN. When Mr. Lincoln wrote the foregoing letter the defeat of General Pope at the second... | |
 | Joseph Hartwell Barrett - 1864 - 544 pages
...what I forbear, I 'forbear because I do not believe it would help to save the Union. I shall do lrs» whenever I shall believe what I am doing hurts the...personal wish that all men, every-where, could be free. Yours, A. LINCOLN. Although the proclamation of Emancipation had been prepared sometime before this... | |
 | Henry Jarvis Raymond - United States - 1864 - 514 pages
...so fast as they shall appear to be true views. I have hero stated my purpose according to my views of official duty, and I intend no modification of...personal wish that all men everywhere could be free. Tours, A. LINCOLN. It was impossible to mistake the President's meaning after this letter, or to have... | |
 | Horace Greeley - Slavery - 1866 - 842 pages
...appear to be true views. "I have here stated my purpose according to my views of official duty; and 1 Yours, A. LWCOLX." Many others called on or wrote to the President about this time, urging him to action... | |
 | Joseph Hartwell Barrett - Biography & Autobiography - 1865 - 878 pages
...do that. What I do about Slavery and the colored race, I do because I believe it helps to save this Union ; and what I forbear, I forbear because I do...personal wish that all men, every-where, could be free. Yours, A. LINCOLN. Although the proclamation of Emancipation had been prepared sometime before this... | |
 | Frank Crosby - Presidents - 1865 - 496 pages
...do that. What I do about Slavery and the colored race, I do because I believe it helps to save this Union ; and what I forbear, I forbear because I do...modification of my oft-expressed personal wish that all men, every where, could be free. "Yours, A. LINCOLN." What that policy was, every manly heart learned with... | |
 | Frank Crosby - Presidents - 1865 - 506 pages
...do that. What I do about Slavery and the colored race, I do because I believe it helps to save this Union; and what I forbear, I forbear because I do...modification of my oft-expressed personal wish that all men, every where, could be free. "Yours, A. LINCOLN." What that policy was, every manly heart learned with... | |
 | George Washington Bacon - Biography - 1865 - 206 pages
...whenever I shall believe what I am doing hurts the cause, and shall do more whenever I believe doing1 more will help the cause. I shall try to correct errors...personal wish that all men everywhere could be free. Yours, Hon. HORACE GB.EELEY. A. LINCOLN. EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION OF SEPT. 22, 1862. I, Abraham Lincoln,... | |
 | Henry Charles Fletcher - United States - 1865 - 494 pages
...help the cause. I shall try to correct errors when shown to be errors, and I shall adopt new views as fast as they shall appear to be true views. I have...personal wish, that all men everywhere could be free.'* This letter sufficiently defines the object of the Government as represented by its head, and shows... | |
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I could save the Union without freeing any slave, I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing all the slaves, I would do it ; and if I could save it by freeing some and leaving others alone, I would also do that. What I do about slavery and the colored... 
