 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... | |
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