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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. "
Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States - Page 23
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Abraham Lincoln: A Lecture

Robert Green Ingersoll - 1895 - 78 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...
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The Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations: English, Latin, and Modern Foreign ...

Mottoes - 1896 - 1224 pages
...government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free. J. ABRAHAM LINCOLN — Speech. June 17, 1858. ches of thyself That now I aim at. ». Mem/ Wives m. ABRAHAM LINCOLN — Annual Message to Congress. Dec. 1, 1862. A soil whose air is deemed too pure...
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Discovery of America

Jacob Abbott - Indians of North America - 1860 - 312 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. In giving freedom to tlie slave, we assure freedom to the free — honorable alike in what we give and what we preserve....
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A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents, 1789-1897, Volume 6

United States. President - 1897 - 794 pages
...we 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 free—honorable alike in what we give and what we preserve. We shall nobly save or meanly lose the...
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A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents, 1789-1897, Volume 6

United States. President - Presidents - 1897 - 790 pages
...we 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. In giving freedom to the stave we assure freedom to the free — honorable alike in what we give and what we preserve. We shall...
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A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents, 1789-1897: 1861-1869

United States. President - Presidents - 1897 - 796 pages
...this. We know how to save the Union. The world knows we do know how to save it. We, even we liere, hold the power and bear the responsibility. In giving freedom to the staw we assure freedom to the free — honorable alike in what we give and what we preserve. We shall...
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Pennsylvania School Journal, Volume 46

Education - 1897 - 660 pages
...A statue of Abraham Lincoln erected on that field will also serve as a new "marker" for liberty — "In giving freedom to the slave we assure freedom to the free." It will announce to all future generations that it was there, on the field of Gettysburg, that the...
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Proceedings and Reports

John F. Slater Fund - African Americans - 1898 - 738 pages
...consummate forecast which characterized his utterances and actions, used this striking language : " In giving freedom to the slave we assure freedom to...honorable alike in what we give and what we preserve." What was joyously assumed cannot be abdicated as a task or an obligation. Security against imminent...
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The Rand-McNally English Grammar and Composition

William D. Hall - English language - 1898 - 326 pages
...Logic never can be strict where books are scarce, and where information is oral. — MACAULAY. Logic 5. In giving freedom to the slave, we assure freedom...honorable alike in what we give and what we preserve. — LINCOLN. OR, (which) O He that goes a borrowing goes a sorrowing. — FRANKLIN. He that• goes...
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Manual of Patriotism: For Use in the Public Schools of the State of New York

Charles Rufus Skinner - Flags - 1900 - 508 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....preserve. We shall nobly save or meanly lose the last hope of earth. Other means may succeed; this could not, cannot, fail. This way is plain, peaceful,...
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