 | Patrick Deneen - Political Science - 2009 - 389 pages
...triumphalism of most major Northern theologians, see 422-445. 33. Cited in ibid., 423. 34. Ibid., 432. 35. "We shall nobly save, or meanly lose, the last best, hope of earth" ( " 1 862 Annual Message to Congress," 2:415); "I am exceedingly anxious that this Union, the Constitution,... | |
 | Donald J. Meyers - History - 2005 - 284 pages
...fiery trial through which we pass, will light us down, in honor or dishonor, to the latest generation.. .In giving freedom to the slave, we assure freedom to the free... We shall nobly save or meanly lose, the last best, hope of earth... The way is plain, peaceful, generous,... | |
 | Eric J. Sundquist - Literary Criticism - 2006 - 262 pages
...forget that we say this. We know how to save the Union. The world knows we do know how to save it. ... In giving freedom to the slave, we assure freedom...shall nobly save or meanly lose the last, best hope on earth. Other means may succeed; this could not fail. This way is plain, peaceful, generous, just... | |
 | Michael Kazin, Joseph A. McCartin - History - 2012 - 288 pages
...spirit. In the fall of 1862, Abraham Lincoin told Congress why emancipation was in the American grain: "In giving freedom to the slave, we assure freedom...honorable alike in what we give, and what we preserve." As historian Ronald C. White comments, "Lincoln shared with his contemporaries a belief in the special... | |
 | Thomas E. Schneider - Biography & Autobiography - 2006 - 241 pages
...say this. We know how to save the Union. The world knows we do know how to save it. We — even we here — hold the power, and bear the responsibility....giving freedom to the slave, we assure freedom to the/ree — honorable alike in what we give, and what we preserve. We shall nobly save, or meanly lose,... | |
 | Ian Bellany - History - 2013 - 250 pages
...save Peace. The world knows that we do. We, even we here, hold the 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.... | |
 | the late Abraham Pais - Biography & Autobiography - 2006 - 397 pages
...[regarding atomic issues]." As a closing remark Baruch dramatically paraphrased Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865): "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."392... | |
 | Gordon Lloyd - Biography & Autobiography - 2006 - 446 pages
...dishonor to the latest generation... We — even we here — hold the power and bear the responsibility. We shall nobly save or meanly lose the last, best hope of earth. The way is plain, a way which, if followed, the world will forever applaud." Republicans and fellow-Americans!... | |
 | Richard Striner - History - 2006 - 320 pages
...trial through which we pass, will light us down, in honor or dishonor, to the latest generation. ... In giving freedom to the slave, we assure freedom to the free." And so, in the end, "we shall nobly save, or meanly lose, the last best hope of earth."9' On December... | |
 | Andrew E. Taslitz - Law - 2006 - 377 pages
...1863, he signed the Final Emancipation Proclamation and declared, "We know how to save the Union. ... In giving freedom to the slave, we assure freedom to the free." Union forces were given thousands of copies of the Proclamation to distribute as they fought their... | |
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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. 
