 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
 | Ian Bellany - History - 2013 - 250 pages
...save Peace. The world knows that we do. We, even we here, hold the power and have the responsibility. 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.... | |
 | Richard Striner - History - 2006 - 320 pages
...generation. ... In giving freedom to the slave, we assure freedom to the free." And so, in the end, "we shall nobly save, or meanly lose, the last best hope of earth."9' On December 13, the war's "fiery trial" continued in the eastern theatre. Burnside was ready... | |
 | James Oakes - African American abolitionists - 2007 - 366 pages
...generation," the President said. "In giving freedom to the slave, we assure freedom to the free — honorable alike in what we give, and what we preserve....save, or meanly lose, the last best, hope of earth ."To that end Lincoln proposed a series of constitutional amendments that would resolve the legal uncertainties... | |
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