 | James Grant Wilson - Presidents - 1894 - 684 pages
...constitutional action, concluding his message with this impassioned appeal : " Fellow-citizens, we cannot escape history. We of this congress and this administration...through which we pass will light us down in honor or in dishonor to the latest generation. We — even we here — hold the power and bear the responsibility.... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1894 - 270 pages
...however much of blood and treasure the separation might have cost. . . . Fellow-citizens, we cannot escape history. We of this Congress and this Administration...trial through which we pass will light us down, in honour or dishonour, to the latest generation. We say we are for the Union. The world will not forget... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1894 - 274 pages
...however much of blood and treasure the separation might have cost. . . . Fellow-citizens, we cannot escape history. We of this Congress and this Administration...trial through which we pass will light us down, in honour or dishonour, to the latest generation. We say we are for the Union. The world will not forget... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - United States - 1894 - 782 pages
...anew. We must disenthrall ourselves, and then we shall save our country. Fellow-citizens, we cannot escape history. We of this Congress and this administration...fiery trial through which we pass will light us down, LETTERS AND STATE PAPEBS OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN 277 I in honor or dishonor, to the latest generation. We... | |
 | William James Potter - Sermons, American - 1895 - 474 pages
...rise with the occasion . . . We must disenthrall ourselves, and then we shall save our country. . . . No personal significance or insignificance can spare...honor or dishonor to the latest generation. . . . We — even we here — hold the power and bear the responsibility. In giving freedom to the slave we... | |
 | General Federation of Women's Clubs - 1922 - 686 pages
...we must think anew and act anew. "We must disenthrall ourselves, and then we shall save our country. The fiery trial through which we pass will light us...in honor or dishonor to the latest generation. We shall nobly save or meanly lose (lie last, best hope of earth. "Abraham Lincoln. "Europe and the Near... | |
 | Joseph Patterson Smith - 1898 - 1180 pages
...Thirteenth, Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments). He concluded his message with this impassioned appeal: We of this Congress and this Administration will be remembered in spite of ourselves. No personal insignificance can spare one or another of us. The fiery trial through which we pass will light us... | |
 | Robert Dickinson Sheppard - Presidents - 1899 - 136 pages
...citizens, we cannot escape history! We of this Edwin M. Stanton, Secretary of War. Born 1814. Died 1869. congress and this administration, will be remembered...pass will light us down in honor or dishonor to the last generation. We say we are for the Union. The world will not forget that we say this. We know how... | |
 | Grand Army of the Republic - United States - 1899 - 1204 pages
...remembered in spite of ourselves. No personal significance nor insignificance can spare us. The fiery trials through which we pass will light us down in honor or dishonor to the latest generation. The way is plain—a way which, if followed, the world will forever applaud and God must forever bless."... | |
 | United States. President - Presidents - 1900 - 808 pages
...and act anew. We must disenthrall ourselves, and then we shall save our country. Fellow -citizens, we can not escape history. We of this Congress and...honor or dishonor to the latest generation. We say \ve are for the Union. The world will not forget that we say this. We know how to save the Union. The... | |
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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... 
