 I believe this government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free. I do not expect the Union to be dissolved; I do not expect the house to fall; but I do expect it will cease to be divided. It will become all one thing, or all the other. Either...  Life of Abraham Lincoln - Page 161by Josiah Gilbert Holland - 1866 - 544 pagesFull view - About this book
 | James Ford Rhodes - United States - 1892
...Douglas at Chicago, July 9th, Lincoln and Douglas Debates, p. 9. ' Nicolay and Hay, vol. ii. p. 136. passed. ' A house divided against itself cannot stand.'...will become all one thing or all the other. Either the opponents of slavery will arrest the further spread of it, and place it where the public mind shall... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1893 - 116 pages
...16, 1858. F we could first know where we are and whither we are tending, we could better judge what to do, and how to do it. We are now far into the fifth...will become all one thing or all the other. Either the opponents of slavery will arrest the further spread of it, and place it where the public mind shall... | |
 | John Torrey Morse - 1893
...follows: — "If we could first know where we are, and whither we are tending, we could better judge what to do and how to do it. We are now far into the fifth...will become all one thing or all the other. Either the opponents of slavery will arrest the further spread of it, and place it where the public mind shall... | |
 | Charles Carleton Coffin - Presidents - 1893 - 542 pages
...not only not ceased, but has constantly augmented. In my opinion it will not cease until a crisis has been reached and passed. ' A house divided against...will become all one thing or all the other. Either the opponents of slavery will arrest the further spread of it, and place it where the public mind shall... | |
 | Charles Carleton Coffin - 1893 - 542 pages
...not only not ceased, but has constantly augmented. In my opinion it will not cease until a crisis has been reached and passed. ' A house divided against...will become all one thing or all the other. Either the opponents of slavery will arrest the further spread of it, and place it where the public mind shall... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1894 - 237 pages
...17, 1858 If we could first know where we are, and whither we are tending, we could better judge what to do, and how to do it. We are now far into the fifth...will become all one thing, or all the other. Either the opponents of slavery will arrest the further spread of it, and place it where the public mind shall... | |
 | Francis Fisher Browne, Scofield Thayer, Waldo Ralph Browne - Books - 1894
...Convention: If we could first know where we are, and whither we are tending, we could better judge what to do, and how to do it. We are now far into the fifth...will become all one thing, or all the other. Either the opponents of slavery will arrest the further spread of it, and place it where the public mind shall... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1894 - 237 pages
...17, 1858 If we could first know where we are, and whither we are tending, we could better judge what to do, and how to do it. We are now far into the fifth...will become all one thing, or all the other. Either the opponents of slavery will arrest the further spread of it, and place it where the public mind shall... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - United States - 1894
...Convention : If we could first know where we are, and whither we are tending, we could better judge what to do, and how to do it. We are now far into the fifth...will become all one thing, or all the other. Either the opponents of slavery will arrest the further spread of it, and place it wnere the public mind shall... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - United States - 1898 - 57 pages
...are now 1. What were the provisions of the Kansas-Nebraska bill ? What was the Missouri Compromise » far into the fifth year since a policy ' was initiated...will become all one thing or all the other. Either the opponents of slavery will arrest the further spread of it and place it where the public mind shall... | |
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