Neither let us be slandered from our duty by false accusations against us, nor frightened from it by menaces of destruction to the Government, nor of dungeons to ourselves. Let us have faith that right makes might, and in that faith, let us, to the end,... Life of Abraham Lincoln - Page 209by Josiah Gilbert Holland - 1866 - 544 pagesFull view - About this book
| Everit Brown, Albert Strauss - Political science - 1892 - 586 pages
...York, he delivered an address in that city on the political situation, closing with the words: "Let us have faith that right makes might, and in that...the end dare to do our duty as we understand it." On May 18, 1860, the Republican National Convention met at Chicago and nominated Lincoln for the presidency.... | |
| James Ford Rhodes - United States - 1892 - 564 pages
...accusations against us, nor frightened from it by menaces of destruction to the government. . . . Let us have faith that right makes might ; and in that...the end, dare to do our duty as we understand it." Two days later, Seward spoke in the Senate. Of an unimposing physical figure, with a husky voice, angular... | |
| Hermann Von Holst - United States - 1892 - 492 pages
...intellectual greatness and moral force of the uncouth western giant, culminated in the exhortation: "Let us have faith that right makes might, and in that...the end, dare to do our duty as we understand it." And on the other hand, he had never carried on the controversy in an irritating or spiteful manner.... | |
| James Ford Rhodes - United States - 1892 - 604 pages
...accusations against us, nor frightened from it by menaces of destruction to the government. . . . Let us have faith that right makes might ; and in that...the end, dare to do our duty as we understand it." Two days later, Seward spoke in the Senate. Of an unimposing physical figure, with a husky voice, angular... | |
| Henry Clay Whitney - Booksellers and bookselling - 1892 - 772 pages
...of liberty in the family of freedom." The conclusion of his Cooper Institute speech is this : "Let us have faith that right makes might, and in that...the end dare to do our duty as we understand it." Dr. Leonard Bacon, whose judgment is of the best, said that he considered the Cooper Institute speech... | |
| Julia Thomas, Annie Gregory Thomas - Physical education and training - 1892 - 288 pages
...prominently to the mind important words without direct reference to other words ; as, Bf , and not seem. Let us have faith that right makes might, and in that faith let us, to the end, dare to do our duty.— Lincoln. Antithetic emphasis is used when words or clauses contrast ; as, We must believe in something... | |
| James Ford Rhodes - United States - 1892 - 564 pages
...accusations against us, nor frightened from it by menaces of destruction to the government. . . . Let us have faith that right makes might ; and in that faith let us, to the end, dare to do our dutv as we understand it." Two days later, Seward spoke in the Senate. Of an unimposing physical figure,... | |
| Abraham Lincoln - 1893 - 130 pages
...neither a living man nor a dead man; such as a policy of "don't care" on a question about which all true men do care ; such as Union appeals beseeching...the end, dare to do our duty as we understand it. Farewell Address at the Railroad Station, Springfield, February u, 1861. \Y FRIENDS: No one not in... | |
| Abraham Lincoln - 1894 - 274 pages
...neither a living man nor a dead man ; such as a policy of "don't care," on a question about which all true men do care ; such as Union appeals beseeching...to the end dare to do our duty as we understand it. Lincoln's Farewell Address at Springfield, Illinois. February n, 1861 My Friends, No one not in my... | |
| Abraham Lincoln - United States - 1894 - 1080 pages
...neither a living man nor a dead man; such as a policy of "don't care" on a question about which all true men do care; such as Union appeals beseeching...to the end dare to do our duty as we understand it. March 5, 1860. — ABSTRACT OF SPEECH AT HARTPOKD, CONN. Slavery is the great political question of... | |
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