 The progress of our arms, upon which all else chiefly depends, is as well known to the public as to myself; and it is, I trust, reasonably satisfactory and encouraging to all. With high hope for the future, no prediction in regard to it is ventured.  Life of Abraham Lincoln - Page 503by Josiah Gilbert Holland - 1866 - 544 pagesFull view - About this book
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 | Carl Schurz, James Russell Lowell, Ralph Waldo Emerson - History - 2005 - 197 pages
...chiefly depends, is as weE known to the public as to myself ; and it is, I trust, reasonably satisfactory and encouraging to all. With high hope for the future,...were anxiously directed to an impending civil war. AE dreaded it ; all sought to avert it, While the inaugural address was being delivered from this place,... | |
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...chiefly depends, is as well known to the public as to myself, and it is, I trust, reasonably satisfactory and encouraging to all. With high hope for the future, no prediction in regard to it is ventured. . . . Both parties deprecated war, but one of them would make war rather than let the nation survive;... | |
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...chiefly depends, is as well known to the public as to myself; and it is, I trust, reasonably satisfactory and encouraging to all. With high hope for the future,...impending civil war. All dreaded it; all sought to avert it. While the inaugural address was being delivered from this place, devoted altogether to saving... | |
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