 I claim not to have controlled events, but confess plainly that events have controlled me. Now, at the end of three years' struggle, the Nation's condition is not what either party or any man devised or expected. God alone can claim it. Whither it is...  Abraham Lincoln as a Man of Letters - Page 197by Luther Emerson Robinson - 1918 - 342 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Abraham Lincoln - United States - 1900 - 186 pages
...the longest purse and the largest cannon. 228 (April 4, 1864, Letter to Hodges— Barrett, p. 481.) I claim not to have controlled events, but confess plainly that events have controlled me. 229 (December 1, 1862, Annual Message— Van Buren, p. 233.) In times like the present, men should... | |
 | Alice Rose Power - American poetry - 1901 - 216 pages
...slave and half free. No men living are more worthy to be trusted than those who toil up from poverty. I claim not to have controlled events, but confess plainly that events have controlled me. If our sense of duty forbid slavery, then let us stand by our duty, fearlessly and effectively. I hope... | |
 | John Morley - Great Britain - 1903 - 704 pages
...country, though of a promise not unmixed with evils.' CHAPTER XV OPENING OF THE IRISH CAMPAIGN (1868) ' I CLAIM not to have controlled events, but confess...nation's condition is not what either party or any man desired or expected.' — ABRAHAM LINCOLN (1864). WRITING to his brother-in-law, Lord Lyttelton, in... | |
 | John Morley - Great Britain - 1903 - 696 pages
...country, though of a promise not unmixed with evils.' CHAPTER XV OPENING OF THE IRISH CAMPAIGN (1868) ' I CLAIM not to have controlled events, but confess...nation's condition is not what either party or any man desired or expected.' — ABRAHAM LINCOLN (1864). WRITING to his brother-in-law, Lord Lyttelton, in... | |
 | John Morley - Great Britain - 1903 - 692 pages
...country, though of a promise not unmixed with evils.' CHAPTER XV OPENING OF THE IRISH CAMPAIGN (1868) 'I CLAIM not to have controlled events, but confess...the nation's condition is not what either party or iiny man desired or expected.' — ABRAHAM LINCOLN (1864). WRITING to his brother-in-law, Lord Lyttelton,... | |
 | John Morley - Great Britain - 1903 - 690 pages
...CHAPTER XV OPENING OF THE IRISH CAMPAIGN (1868) ' I CLAIM not to have controlled events, but coufess plainly that events have controlled me. Now at the...nation's condition is not what either party or any man desired or expected.' — ABRAHAM LINCOLN (1864). WRITING to his brother-in-law, Lord Lyttelton, in... | |
 | John Morley - Great Britain - 1903 - 690 pages
...country, though of a promise not unmixed with evils.' CHAPTER XV OPENING OF THE IRISH CAMPAIGN (1868) ' I CLAIM not to have controlled events, but confess...have controlled me. Now at the end of three years' straggle, the nation's condition is not what either party or any man desired or expected.' — ABRAHAM... | |
 | John Morley - Great Britain - 1903 - 696 pages
...OP THE IRISH CAMPAIGN (1868) 'I CLAIM not to have controlled events, but confess plainly that event* have controlled me. Now at the end of three years'...nation's condition is not what either party or any man desired or expected.' — ABRAHAM Liscor.v (1864). WRITING to his brother-in-law, Lord Lyttelton, in... | |
 | John Morley - Biography & Autobiography - 1903 - 1144 pages
...country, though of a promise not unmixed with evils.' CHAPTER XV OPENING OF THE IRISH CAMPAIGN (1S6S) • I CLAIM not to have controlled events, but confess plainly that events have controlled uie. Now at the end of three years' struggle, the nation's condition is not what either party or any... | |
 | John Morley - Great Britain - 1904 - 690 pages
...country, though of a promise not unmixed with evils.' CHAPTER XV OPENING OF THE IRISH CAMPAIGN (1868) ' 1 CLAIM not to have controlled events, but confess plainly...nation's condition is not what either party or any man desired or expected.' — ABRAHAM LINCOLN (1864). WRITING to his brother-in-law, Lord Lyttelton, in... | |
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