 We, even we here, hold the power and bear the responsibility. In giving freedom to the 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 earth.  Anecdotes of Public Men - Page 171by John Wien Forney - 1873Full view - About this book
 | Donald J. Meyers - History - 2005 - 284 pages
...assure freedom to the free...We shall nobly save or meanly lose, the last best, hope of earth...The way is plain, peaceful, generous, just — a way which, if followed, the world will forever, and God must forever bless." Lincoln periodically confided to his secretary, Noah Brooks, that he was... | |
 | Donald J. Meyers - History - 2005 - 284 pages
...dishonor, to the latest generation.. .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... The way is plain, peaceful, generous, just — a way which, if followed, the world will forever, and... | |
 | Patrick Deneen - Political Science - 2009 - 389 pages
...triumphalism of most major Northern theologians, see 422-445. 33. Cited in ibid., 423. 34. Ibid., 432. 35. "We shall nobly save, or meanly lose, the last best, hope of earth" ( " 1 862 Annual Message to Congress," 2:415); "I am exceedingly anxious that this Union, the Constitution,... | |
 | Joseph Hartwell Barrett - Biography & Autobiography - 2006 - 896 pages
...power, and bear the responsibility. In giving freedom to the slave, we assure freedom to the free — honorable alike in what we give, and what we preserve....will forever applaud, and God must forever bless. ABRAHAM LINCOLN. DECEMBER 1, 1862. During the session, the Opposition leaders, elated with their recent... | |
 | Thomas E. Schneider - Biography & Autobiography - 2006 - 241 pages
...power, and bear the responsibility. In giving freedom to the slave, we assure freedom to the/ree — honorable alike in what we give, and what we preserve....will forever applaud, and God must forever bless. Could Lincoln have attained such heights of eloquence on behalf of a plan that he knew was certain... | |
 | Harold Holzer, Edna G. Medford, Frank J. Williams - History - 2006 - 180 pages
...how to save the Union ... In giving freedom to the slave, we assure freedom to the free—honorable alike in what we give, and what we preserve. We shall...save, or meanly lose, the last best, hope of earth." 93 A constitutional amendment required the agreement of two-thirds of the Congress and ratification... | |
 | Eric J. Sundquist - Literary Criticism - 2006 - 262 pages
...knows we do know how to save it. ... In giving freedom to the slave, we assure freedom to the free — honorable alike in what we give and what we preserve....shall nobly save or meanly lose the last, best hope on earth. Other means may succeed; this could not fail. This way is plain, peaceful, generous, just... | |
 | Gary Scott Smith - Religion - 2006 - 680 pages
...in December 1862, "we assure freedom to the free. . . . The way is plain, peaceful, generous, [and] just — a way which, if followed, the world will forever applaud, and God must forever bless."292 In issuing the Emancipation Proclamation on January i, 1863, which freed the slaves only... | |
 | the late Abraham Pais - Biography & Autobiography - 2006 - 397 pages
...[regarding atomic issues]." As a closing remark Baruch dramatically paraphrased Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865): "We shall nobly save, or meanly lose, the last best hope of earth. The way is plain, peaceful, generous, just— a way which, if followed, the world will forever applaud."392... | |
 | Gordon Lloyd - Biography & Autobiography - 2006 - 446 pages
...dishonor to the latest generation... We — even we here — hold the power and bear the responsibility. We shall nobly save or meanly lose the last, best hope of earth. The way is plain, a way which, if followed, the world will forever applaud." Republicans and fellow-Americans!... | |
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