 We — even we here — hold the power and bear the responsibility. In giving freedom to the slave, we assure freedom to the free — honorable alike in what we give and what we preserve. We shall nobly save or meanly lose the last, best hope of earth....  Abraham Lincoln - Page 129by John Torrey Morse (Jr.) - 1893Full view - About this book
 | Albert Bushnell Hart - Political Science - 1901 - 496 pages
...bear the responsibility. In giving freedom to the slave, we assure freedom to the free — honourable alike in what we give and what we preserve. We shall...will forever applaud, and God must forever bless." IDA. M. TARBELL, Life of Abraham Lincoln. II. 122-123. CHAPTER XXIII THE RECONSTRUCTION AMENDMENTS... | |
 | Albert Bushnell Hart - Political Science - 1901 - 498 pages
...earth. Other means may succeed; this could not fail. The way is plain, peaceful, generous, just—a way which, if followed, the world will forever applaud, and God must forever bless." IDA M. TARBELL, Life of Abraham Lincoln. IL 122-123. CHAPTER XXIII THE RECONSTRUCTION AMENDMENTS (1865-1870)... | |
 | Joseph Hartwell Barrett, Charles Walter Brown - Presidents - 1902 - 888 pages
...— even we Jiere — hold the power, and bear the responsibility. In giving freedom to the ilave, we assure freedom to the free — honorable alike...will forever applaud, and God must forever bless. ABRAHAM LINCOLN. DECEMBER 1, 1862. During the session, the Opposition leaders, elated with their recent... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - United States - 1903 - 394 pages
...passing generations of men; and it can without convulsion be hushed forever with the passing of one generation. We say we are for the Union. The world...will forever applaud, and God must forever bless. [Letter to army of the Potomac, Washington, 22 December 1862.] To the Army of the Potomac: I have just... | |
 | United States. War Department - Confederate States of America - 1972 - 1032 pages
...earth. Other means may succeed; this could not fail. The way is plain, peaceful, generous, just—a way which, if followed, the world will forever applaud and God must forever bless. ABRAHAM LINCOLN. DECEMBER 1, 1862. WAR DEPARTMENT, December 1, 1862. The PRESIDENT: SIR: That portion... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate. Government Operations - 1975 - 1380 pages
...power and have the responsibility. "We shall nobly save, or meanly lose, the last, best hope of earth. The way is plain, peaceful, generous, just — a way...which, if followed, the world will forever applaud." My thanks for your attention. 51-300 O - 75 - 15 [From the Congressional Record, vol. 100, Jan. 7.... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln, Don Edward Fehrenbacher - History - 1977 - 292 pages
...administration, will be remembered in spite of ourselves. No personal significance, or insignificance, can spare one or another of us. The fiery trial through...will forever applaud, and God must forever bless. 67. This Sad World of Ours: LETTER TO FANNY McCULLOUGH, DECEMBER 23, 1862 LINCOLN removed McClellan... | |
 | United States. President (1974-1977 : Ford) - Presidents - 1975 - 1168 pages
...what Lincoln said, so aptly described as the last great hope on Earth. The way, as it was in his day, is plain, peaceful, generous, just; a way which, if...world will forever applaud and God must forever bless. Despite all the tribute that we can pay him, Lincoln himself honors his own memory the very best, because... | |
 | United States. President (1981-1989 : Reagan) - Presidents - 1982 - 862 pages
...message, we read of America as "the last, best hope of Earth." Freedom, Lincoln stated, is a way that is "plain, peaceful, generous, just — a way which,...will forever applaud, and God must forever bless." On Tuesday night I'll follow the men who preceded me in office by addressing each of these themes.... | |
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