 | John Robert Irelan - Presidents - 1888 - 718 pages
...changless tenacity. On his way to Washington in 1861 he said in Independence Hall, in Philadelphia: "I have said nothing but what I am willing to live by, and, if it be the pleasure of Almighty God, die by." And the principles here announced, and those which... | |
 | Conduct of life - 1865 - 400 pages
...principle, I was about to say I would rather be assassinated on this spot than surrender it. * * * / have said nothing but what I am willing to live by, and, in the pleasure of Almighty God, die by." Here was the language of one who went, with high resolve, and unwavering trust in the... | |
 | Readers and speakers - 1903 - 216 pages
...calm, serious, intelligent consecration to the cause of Liberty and Union in these closing words : " I have said nothing but what I am willing to live by, and, if it be the pleasure of the Almighty God, to die by !" That was heroism, lofty, sublime, god-like... | |
 | Carl Theodor Eben - English language - 1890 - 530 pages
...towards raising the flag — I may, therefore, have said something indiscreet. [Cries of „No, no".] I have said nothing but what I am willing to live by, and, if it be the pleasure of Almighty God, die by. "Which originated in and were given to the world from... | |
 | William T. Alexander - African Americans - 1800 - 662 pages
...principle, I was about to say, I would rather be assassinated on this spot than surrender it. * * * I have said nothing but what I am willing to live by, and, if it be the pleasure of Almighty God, to die by." These references to assassination and death were... | |
 | Thomas Valentine Cooper - Political parties - 1892 - 1144 pages
...giving up the about to say, ?I would rather be assassinated on the spot than surrender it.' * * * * » I have said nothing but what I am willing to live by, and if it be the pleasure of Almighty God, to die by 1 " Lincoln'» Flrat Administration. Such was the... | |
 | Periodicals - 1894 - 576 pages
...toward raising a flag. I may. therefore, have said something indiscreet. [Cries of ' No, no.'] But I have said nothing but what I am willing to live by, and, if it be the pleasure of Almighty God, to die by.' * Joining his friends after the ceremonies, Mr.... | |
 | Lucius Eugene Chittenden - Adirondack Mountains (N.Y.) - 1893 - 460 pages
...promise of liberty to all men comprised in the great Declaration there signed, he concluded thus : " I have said nothing but what I am willing to live by and, if it be the pleasure of Almighty God, to die by." So much before he became President. But the Pickthanks... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1894 - 274 pages
...merely to do something toward raising a flag. I may, therefore, have said something indiscreet. But I have said nothing but what I am willing to live by, and, if it be the pleasure of Almighty God, to die by. Reply to the Mayor of Washington, DC February 27,... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - United States - 1894 - 1080 pages
...toward raising a flag. I may, therefore, have said something indiscreet. [Cries of " No, no."] But I have said nothing but what I am willing to live by, and, if it be the pleasure of Almighty God, to die by. February 22, 1861. — ADDRESS ON RAISING A FLAG... | |
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But I have said nothing but what I am willing to live by, and, if it be the pleasure of Almighty God, to die by. 
