 | John Malcolm Forbes Ludlow - Presidents - 1866 - 264 pages
...Mondes," for Jan. 15, 1866, p. 489). on a great battle-field of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field as a final resting-place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this. But in a larger... | |
 | Horace Greeley - Slavery - 1867 - 848 pages
...our brethren who thpre died that their country might live, though the elaborately polished oration of Edward Everett was patiently listened to, while Cabinet...can not hallow this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it far above onr power to add or detract. The world... | |
 | 1867 - 912 pages
...nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this. But in a larger sense we can not consecrate, we can not hallow this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled hero have consecrated it, far above our power to add or detract. The world... | |
 | Harriet Beecher Stowe - 1868 - 652 pages
...dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battle-field of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field as a final resting-place for those who here gave their lives that the nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this. But in a larger... | |
 | Harriet Beecher Stowe - Generals - 1868 - 606 pages
...dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battle-field of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field as a final resting-place for those who here gave their lives that the nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this. But in a larger... | |
 | Harriet Beecher Stowe - Generals - 1868 - 606 pages
...dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battle-field of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field as a final resting-place for those who here gave their lives that the nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this. But in a larger... | |
 | William Cunningham Gray - 1868 - 214 pages
...gave their lives that the nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this. " But in a larger sense, we can not dedicate, we can not consecrate this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it far above our... | |
 | 1868 - 874 pages
...oration in the second book of Thucydides. " We have come," he said, " to dedi" cate a portion of this field as a final " resting-place for those who here gave " their lives that this nation might live. " It is altogether fitting and proper that " we should do this. But, in... | |
 | Isaac N. Arnold - 1869 - 116 pages
...dedicated, can long endnre. ' We are met on a great battle-field of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field as a final resting-place for those who here gave their lives that that 40 SKETCH OF THE LIFE OF LINCOLN. nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper... | |
 | George Otto Trevelyan - 1869 - 212 pages
...oration in the second book of Thucydides. " We have come," he said, " to dedicate a portion of this field as a final resting-place for those who here gave their lives that this nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this. But, in a... | |
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Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battlefield of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field, as a final resting-place... 
