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The Life and Public Services of Abraham Lincoln ...: Together with His State ... - Page 358
by Henry Jarvis Raymond - 1865 - 808 pages
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Portraits and Principles of the World's Great Men and Women with Practical ...

William C. King - Biography - 1900 - 680 pages
...through which we pass will light us down in honor or dishonor to the latest generation. We, even we here, hold the power and bear the responsibility....of earth. Other means may succeed; this could not fail. The way is plain, peaceful, generous, just, — a way which, if followed, the world will applaud...
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The Life of Abraham Lincoln: Drawn from Original Sources and ..., Volume 3

Ida Minerva Tarbell - 1900 - 278 pages
...this. We know how to save tjifttiBMb The world knows we do know how to save here — hold the power wad bear the responsibility. In giving freedom to the...of earth. Other means may succeed; this could not fail. The way is plain, peaceful, generous, just — a way which, if followed, the world will forever...
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Manual of Patriotism: For Use in the Public Schools of the State of New York

Charles Rufus Skinner - Flags - 1900 - 508 pages
...say this. We know how to save the Union. The world knows we do know how to save it. We — even we here — hold the power and bear the responsibility....preserve. We shall nobly save or meanly lose the last hope of earth. Other means may succeed; this could not, cannot, fail. This way is plain, peaceful,...
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A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents, 1789-1897, Volume 6

United States. President - Presidents - 1900 - 808 pages
...We, even we here, hold the power and bear the responsibility. In giving freedom to the' slai-i \ve assure freedom to the free — honorable alike in...of earth. Other means may succeed; this could not fail. The way is plain, peaceful, generous, just — a way which if followed the world will forever...
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Abraham Lincoln Wisdom and Wit

Louise Bachelder - Biography & Autobiography - 1997 - 76 pages
...hold the power and bear the The President seated at a table, photographed by Alexander Gardner in 1863 responsibility. In giving freedom to the slave, we...save or meanly lose the last, best hope of earth. — [From Annual Message to Congress, December 1, 1862] SLAVES . . . SHALL BE FREE . . . And, by virtue...
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God's New Israel: Religious Interpretations of American Destiny

Conrad Cherry - History - 1998 - 428 pages
...issue the final Emancipation Proclamation, he included the freedom of the slave in that hope: "Ingiving freedom to the slave, we assure freedom to the free...save, or meanly lose, the last, best hope of earth." (Annual Message to Congress, December 1, 1862.) The nation's destiny was for Lincoln that of beaming...
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The Wordsworth Dictionary of Quotations

Connie Robertson - Reference - 1998 - 686 pages
...stronger than the bullet.l 6351 In giving freedom to the slave, we assure freedom to the free - honourable and the pessimist fears this is true. CAESAR Irving 18952003 'Tea for Two' 6352 Must a government of necessity be too strong for the liberties of its people or too weak to maintain...
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The Debate On the American Civil War Era

Hugh Tulloch - History - 1999 - 276 pages
...through which we pass will light us down in honor or dishonor to the latest generation . . . We, even we here, hold the power and bear the responsibility....save or meanly lose the last, best hope of earth. (Abraham Lincoln) INTRODUCTION The Civil War is, without doubt, one of the central, formative events...
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The Life of Abraham Lincoln Volumes 3 & 4

Ida M. Tarbell - Biography & Autobiography - 1999 - 572 pages
...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...of earth. Other means may succeed ; this could not fail. The way is plain, peaceful, generous, just-a way which, if followed, the world will forever applaud,...
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Lincoln on Lincoln

Paul M. Zall - Biography & Autobiography - 2003 - 220 pages
...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...of earth. Other means may succeed; this could not fail. The way is plain, peaceful, generous, just—a way which, if followed, the world will forever...
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