 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.  The Life of Abraham Lincoln - Page 309by Isaac N. Arnold - 1885 - 462 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Henry Clay Whitney - Booksellers and bookselling - 1892 - 772 pages
...giving freedom to the slave we assure freedom to the free — honorable alike in what we give and in what we preserve. We shall nobly save or meanly lose the last hope of earth. Other means may succeed ; this could not fail. The way is plain, peaceful, generous,... | |
 | John Torrey Morse - Presidents - 1893 - 396 pages
...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....will forever applaud, and God must forever bless." Beautiful and impressive as was this appeal, it persuaded few or none. In fact, no effort on the President's... | |
 | Charles Carleton Coffin - 1893 - 564 pages
...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....will forever applaud, and God must forever bless." Mr. Lincoln was carrying burdens which were not apparent to the public. The country was holding him... | |
 | 1899 - 652 pages
...power and bear the responsibi'ity. In giving freedom to the slave, we assure freedom to tha free — honorable alike in what we give and what we preserve....will forever applaud, and God must forever bless." Nothing ever came of it, for before any of the Border States had become willing to accept the measure,... | |
 | Charles Carleton Coffin - 1893 - 608 pages
...power and bear the responsibility. In giving freedom to the slate we assure freedom to the free — honorable alike in what we give and what we preserve....will forever applaud, and God must forever bless." The War Department was a part of the Administration. Why such inefficiency at Washington ? Why were... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1893 - 130 pages
...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....of earth. Other means may succeed ; this could not, cannot fail. The way is plain, peaceful, generous, just, — a way which, if followed, the world will... | |
 | Lucius Eugene Chittenden - Adirondack Mountains (N.Y.) - 1893 - 464 pages
...freedom to the slave we assure freedom to the free. Other means may succeed; this could not, cannot fail. The way is plain, peaceful, generous, just;...will forever applaud and God must forever bless." July 4th, 1863, after Gettysburg, the President in a proclamation of six lines announced the great... | |
 | Lucius Eugene Chittenden - Adirondack Mountains (N.Y.) - 1893 - 456 pages
...freedom to the slave we assure freedom to the free. Other means may succeed; this could not, cannot fail. The way is plain, peaceful, generous, just;...followed, the world will forever applaud and God must forever»bless." July 4th, 1863, after Gettysburg, the President in a proclamation of six lines announced... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - United States - 1894 - 854 pages
...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....will forever applaud, and God must forever bless. ABRAHAM LINCOLN. December 1, 1862. December 3, 1862. — MESSAGE TO CONGRESS. To the Senate and House... | |
 | United States - 2002 - 48 pages
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