 | Gary Scott Smith - Religion - 2006 - 680 pages
...the Almighty, and of this his almost chosen people. . . . to New Jersey legislators, Feb. 21, 1861 In giving freedom to the slave, we assure freedom to the free. . . . We shall nobly save, or meanly lose, the last hope of earth. Annual Message to Congress, Dec.... | |
 | Elena Ives - 2006 - 274 pages
...language.' "Thomas Jefferson said, 'Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God.' Abraham Lincoln said, 'In giving freedom to the slave we assure freedom to the free.' Winston Churchill said, 'All great things are simple and can be expressed in single words: Freedom,... | |
 | Harold Holzer, Edna G. Medford, Frank J. Williams - History - 2006 - 180 pages
...fiery trial through which we pass, will light us down, in honor or dishonor, to the latest generations. In giving freedom to the slave, we assure freedom to the free.'' 7 For weeks, General Burnside, encamped in Virginia, had seemed ready to respond to Lincoln's desire... | |
 | Frank Van der Linden - History - 2007 - 332 pages
...generation. We say we are for the Union. The world knows, we do know how to save it. We— even we here — hold the power and bear the responsibility....save, or meanly lose, the last best hope of earth. Lincoln's appeal did not receive the attention it deserved. The members of Congress, back in Washington... | |
 | James Oakes - African American abolitionists - 2007 - 366 pages
...which we pass, will light us down, in honor or dishonor, to the latest generation," the President said. "In giving freedom to the slave, we assure freedom...save, or meanly lose, the last best, hope of earth ."To that end Lincoln proposed a series of constitutional amendments that would resolve the legal uncertainties... | |
 | Timothy Rasinski, Lorraine Griffith - Education - 2007 - 176 pages
...there being a north and a south. We are one and undivided." Union President Lincoln, December 1862 "In giving freedom to the slave, we assure freedom...save, or meanly lose, the last best hope of earth." Confederate President Davis, April 1882 "Our cause was so just, so sacred, that had I known all that... | |
 | Michael Knox Beran - History - 2007 - 521 pages
...deep an interest as America. In his annual message to Congress Lincoln alluded to the world crisis: We shall nobly save, or meanly lose, the last best, hope of earth. "Bad Times, Worse Coming" • 169 aggressive despotisms, armed with all the new powers of steam and... | |
 | 532 pages
...slavery and freedom — a generalization that never has been, and probably never will be, excelled : " In giving freedom to the slave, we assure freedom to the free." This is absolutely true. Liberty can be retained, can be enjoyed, only by giving it to others. The... | |
 | William Sloane Coffin - Religion - 2008 - 626 pages
...tribalistic chauvinism. That is why in ending slavery he was equally concerned for the slaveholders: "In giving freedom to the slave, we assure freedom...honorable alike in what we give, and what we preserve." That is why, when the Civil War was drawing to a close, Lincoln came out so cleanly for amnesty. Like... | |
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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. 
