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... Lincoln Reshapes the Presidency - Page 225edited by - 2003 - 236 pagesLimited preview - About this book
| 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...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 save... | |
| Hinton Rowan Helper - Slavery - 1857 - 946 pages
...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 not fail." The last four words | expressed too confident a hope... | |
| 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...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... | |
| 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...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.... | |
| 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...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.... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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...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.... | |
| Literature - 1863 - 640 pages
...freedom to tie slave we assure freedom to the free, honorable alike in what we give and what we preserve. We shall nobly save or meanly lose the last, best hope of the earth.''' " The mills of the gods grind slowly ; " but when an American President can take end... | |
| 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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