 | Carl Sandburg - Biography & Autobiography - 2007 - 476 pages
...his lasl paragraph he struck for motives to move men. "Fellow-citizens. we cannot escape history, \Vc of this Congress and this administration, will be...significance or insignificance can spare one or another ol us. The fierv trial through which we pass, will light us down, in honor or dishonor, lo the latest... | |
 | James Oakes - African American abolitionists - 2007 - 366 pages
...December i862 revealed how in his mind military and the moral rationales collapsed into one another. "The fiery trial through which we pass, will light...down, in honor or dishonor, to the latest generation," the President said. "In giving freedom to the slave, we assure freedom to the free — honorable alike... | |
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Fellow citizens, we cannot escape history. We of this Congress and this administration will be remembered in spite of ourselves. No personal significance, or insignificance, can spare one or another of us. The fiery trial through which we pass will light... 
