 | Abraham Lincoln - Illinois - 1920 - 362 pages
...will destroy the Union; and then, you say, the great crime of having destroyed it will be upon us I That is cool. A highwayman holds a pistol to my ear,...murderer!" To be sure, what the robber demanded of me—my money —was my own, and I had a clear right to keep it; but it was no more my own than my... | |
 | Lida Clara Schem, Margaret Blake - German Americans - 1920 - 530 pages
...you say, you will destroy the Union and then, you say, the great crime of having destroyed it will be upon us. That is cool. A highwayman holds a pistol...shall kill you, and then you will be a murderer." ' " Wesendonck turned scarlet. He made a queer sound and tried in vain, quite evidently, to find some... | |
 | Robert Porter St. John, Raymond Lenox Noonan - Speeches, addresses, etc., American - 1920 - 296 pages
...you say, you will destroy the Union ; and then, you say, the great crime of having destroyed it will be upon us ! That is cool. A highwayman holds a pistol to my ear, and mutters through 91^989 his teeth, " Stand and deliver, or I shall kill you, and you will be a murderer! " To be sure,... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - United States - 1921 - 292 pages
...you say, you will destroy the Union; and then, you say, the great crime of having destroyed it will be upon us ! That is cool. A highwayman holds a pistol...shall kill you, and then you will be a murderer!" 58. To be sure, what a robber demanded of me — my money — was my own ; and I had a clear right... | |
 | Robert Porter St. John, Raymond Lenox Noonan - Speeches, addresses, etc., American - 1922 - 360 pages
...you say, you will destroy the Union; and then, you say, the great crime of having destroyed it will be upon us! That is cool. A highwayman holds a pistol...teeth, " Stand and deliver, or I shall kill you, and you will be a murderer! " To be sure, what the robber demanded of me—my money—was my own; and I... | |
 | Paul C. Nagel - Federal government - 1964 - 342 pages
...North's deliberate choice, Lincoln observed: "This is cool. A highwayman holds a pistol to my ear, with 'stand and deliver, or I shall kill you, and then you will be a murderer.'" He added the analogy: "The threat ol death to extort my money, and the threat of destruction to the... | |
 | Robert A. Goldwin, Art Kaufman - History - 1988 - 204 pages
...you say, you will destroy the Union; and then, you say, the great crime of having destroyed it will be upon us! That is cool. A highwayman holds a pistol...demanded of me — my money — was my own; and I have a clear right to keep it; but it was no more my own than my vote is my own; and the threat of... | |
 | Thomas W. Benson - Language Arts & Disciplines - 1993 - 272 pages
...event, you say, you will destroy the Union; and then, you say, the crime of having destroyed it will be upon us! That is cool. A highwayman holds a pistol...shall kill you, and then you will be a murderer!' Adding that the highwayman's threat can "scarcely be distinguished in principle" from "the threat of... | |
 | David Herbert Donald - Biography & Autobiography - 1995 - 724 pages
...the Union would be dissolved and the fault would be the North's. "That is cool," Lincoln exclaimed. "A highwayman holds a pistol to my ear, and mutters...shall kill you, and then you will be a murderer!' " What should Northerners do? Avoiding both the moral indifference with which Douglas approached the... | |
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But you will not abide the election of a Republican President ! In that supposed event, you say, you will destroy the Union; and then, you say, the great crime of having destroyed it will be upon us! That is cool. A highwayman holds a pistol to my ear,... 
