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" Both parties deprecated war ; but one of them would make war rather than let the nation survive ; and the other would accept war rather than let it perish. And the war came. "
Abraham Lincoln and His Presidency - Page 333
by Joseph Hartwell Barrett - 1903
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Identifying the Image of God: Radical Christians and Nonviolent Power in the ...

Dan McKanan - Religion - 2002 - 312 pages
...he suggested that human agency could explain neither the beginning nor the perpetuation of the war: "Both parties deprecated war; but one of them would...war rather than let it perish. And the war came." The true explanation of the war thus lay in God's righteous indignation against the sin of slavery....
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Letteratura angloamericana

Laura M. Giusti - Literary Criticism - 2002 - 132 pages
...aggressività, come risulta evidente da questo passaggio, tratto dal secondo discorso inaugurale (1865):1 (( Both parties deprecated war; but one of them would...other would accept war rather than let it perish. And war carne. )) HH 9-4 La poesia Nata per esprimere sentimenti religiosi, la poesia americana varca questi...
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A. Lincoln, Esquire: A Shrewd, Sophisticated Lawyer in His Time

Allen D. Spiegel - Biography & Autobiography - 2002 - 414 pages
...June 26, 1861. In Lincoln's second inaugural address on March 4, 1865, he was concise and biblical. "Both parties deprecated war; but one of them would...other would accept war rather than let it perish... With malice toward none; with charity for all; with firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the...
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A History of Hope: When Americans Have Dared to Dream of a Better Future

James W. Fraser - Biography & Autobiography - 2002 - 390 pages
...voiced some of the grandest hopes for the future of the nation. In March 1865, Lincoln told the nation, "Both parties deprecated war; but one of them would...rather than let the nation survive; and the other would accepi war rather than let it perish. And the war came." And at the war's end, he was quite clear just...
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Now, Let Me Tell You What I Really Think

Chris Matthews - Political Science - 2002 - 220 pages
...American speech ever, Lincoln's second inaugural address. Referring to the Civil War, Lincoln said, "Both parties deprecated war, but one of them would make war rather than let the country survive, and the other would accept war rather than let it perish. Then the war came." Gore...
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Ripples of Hope: Great American Civil Rights Speeches

Josh Gottheimer - History - 2003 - 576 pages
...insurgent agents were in the city seeking to destroy it without war — seeking to dissolve the Union and divide effects by negotiation. Both parties deprecated...would accept war rather than let it perish. And the wyar came. One-eighth of the whole population was colored slaves, not distributed generally over the...
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Africans in the Americas: Our Journey Throughout the World

Sabas H. Whittaker M. F. a., Sabas Whittaker, M.F.A. - African Americans - 2003 - 367 pages
...insurgent agents were in the city seeking to destroy it without war, seeking to dissolve the Union and divide effects by negotiation. Both parties deprecated...other would accept war rather than let it perish. And war came. One eight of the whole population were colored slaves, not distributed generally over the...
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Abraham Lincoln and a Nation Worth Fighting for

History - 2003 - 260 pages
...voice, began his address. Reminding his audience of the circumstances of the First Inaugural he said, "Both parties deprecated war, but one of them would...war rather than let it perish, and the war came." After having defined the issue — war or disunion — and placing the war blame on the Confederacy,...
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My Fellow Americans

Michael Waldman - 363 pages
...satisfactory and encouraging to all. With high hope for the future, no prediction in regard to it is ventured. "Both parties deprecated war, but one of them would...other would accept war rather than let it perish." On the occasion corresponding to this four years ago all thoughts were anxiously directed to an impending...
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Our Documents: 100 Milestone Documents from the National Archives

United States. National Archives and Records Administration - History - 2006 - 257 pages
...insurgent agents were in the city seeking to destroy it without war — seeking to dissolve the Union, and divide effects, by negotiation. Both parties deprecated war; but one of them would make war One eighth of the whole population were colored slaves, not distributed generally over the Union, but...
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