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
| Mottoes - 1896 - 1224 pages
...Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. t. THOMAS JEFFERSON — Declaration of Independence. Let p 21 21 j. ABRAHAM LINCOLN — Address. New York City. Feb. 21, 1859. See HENRY .1. RAYMOND'S Life and Public... | |
| Abraham Lincoln - 1896 - 502 pages
...nor frightened from it by menaces, of destruction to the government, nor of dungeons toourselves. Let us have faith that right makes might; and in that faith let us, to the end dare do our duty as we understand it. LINCOLN'S RAIL SPLITTING SPEECH. [Delivered at the Republican State... | |
| Phineas Garrett - American literature - 1897 - 940 pages
...its power; Slowly — slowly— hour by hour, That's the way! Just a little every day. Wilcoit. Let us have faith that right makes might; and, in that faith, let us to the end dare to do our duty. Lincoln The man who becomes a successful hyjiocrite has to work at it every day in the week. Ram'n... | |
| Abraham Lincoln - 1898 - 300 pages
...nor a , , , 1- j- 11 -i , '',, 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. EXTRACT FROM HARTFORD SPEECH. (Delivered March j-, 1860.) If the Republicans, who think slavery is... | |
| John Clark Ridpath - Literature - 1898 - 602 pages
...him a lasting reputation throughout the country and the world, closing with the ringing words: "Let us have faith that right makes might, and in that...the end dare to do our duty as we understand it." In May following, the Republican National Convention nominated him for President of the United States,... | |
| Charles Noble - American literature - 1898 - 460 pages
...passage which lifted the discussion to the realm of morals, ending with the famous sentence : " Let us have faith that right makes might, and in that...the end, dare to do our duty as we understand it." Then came the election, the secession of the Southern States, and the inauguration. I remember as a... | |
| V. Neil Wyrick - Biography & Autobiography - 2004 - 132 pages
...through what lay ahead. "You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today." "Let us have faith that Right makes Might, and in that...us to the end dare to do our duty as we understand it."2 "Die when I may, I want it said by those who knew me best that I always picked a thistle and... | |
| Helen Nicolay - 2004 - 196 pages
...by the Republican party, and brought his speech to a close with the short and telling appeal: "Let us have faith that right makes might, and in that faith let us, to the end, dare to do our duty as \ve understand it." The attention with which it was followed, the applause that greeted its telling... | |
| Jeremy Roberts - Juvenile Nonfiction - 2004 - 120 pages
...for its beliefs and do what it considered right. "Let us have faith that right makes might," he said, "and in that faith, let us, to the end, dare to do our duty as we understand it." The crowd leapt to its feet with a tremendous roar. The wild man had won their hearts and minds — and... | |
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