 | John George Nicolay, John Hay - United States - 1890 - 598 pages
...world will not forget that 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,...of earth. Other means may succeed, this could not fail. The way AMua™' is plain, peaceful, generous, just — a way which, if fol- ID™a?J)' lowed,... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - Slavery - 1890 - 500 pages
...know how to save it. We — even ive here — hold the power and bear the responsibility. In yiinng freedom to the slave we assure freedom to the free...of earth. Other means may succeed ; this could not fail. The way, is plain, peaceful, generous, just — a way which, if followed, the world will forever... | |
 | Charles Wallace French - Biography & Autobiography - 1891 - 412 pages
...world will not forget that 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...of earth. Other means may succeed, this could not fail. The way is plain, peaceful, generous, just — a way, which, if followed, the world will forever... | |
 | Thomas Wentworth Higginson - United States - 1891 - 462 pages
...for their actual freedom." In his message to Congress the President thus explained this act : — " In giving freedom to the slave, we assure freedom...preserve. We shall nobly save, or meanly lose, the Jast best hope of earth. . . . The way is plain, peaceful, glorious, just, — a way, which, if followed,... | |
 | Henry Jarvis Raymond, Francis Bicknell Carpenter - Presidents - 1891 - 424 pages
...world will not forget that 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...responsibility. In giving freedom to the slave we as«ure freedom to the free — honorable alike in what we give and what we preserve. We shall nobly... | |
 | William Uhler Hensel - Campaign biography - 1892 - 590 pages
...done away with in the United States. In his message to Congress, the President thus explains this act: "In giving freedom to the slave we assure freedom...save, or meanly lose, the last, best hope of earth. * * * The way is plain, peaceful, glorious, just—a way which, if followed, the world will forever... | |
 | Henry Clay Whitney - Booksellers and bookselling - 1892 - 772 pages
...world will not forget that 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...to the free — honorable alike in what we give and in what we preserve. We shall nobly save or meanly lose the last hope of earth. Other means may succeed... | |
 | charles carleton coffin - 1892 - 654 pages
...the Union. The world knows we do know how to save it. We — even we here — hold the power and uear the responsibility. In giving freedom to the slave...preserve. We shall nobly save, or meanly lose, the lust, best hope of earth. Other means may succeed, this could not fail. The way is plain, peaceful,... | |
 | Charles Carleton Coffin - 1892 - 574 pages
...world will not forget that 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...In giving freedom to the slave we assure freedom to the/?w — honorable alike in what we give and what we preserve. We shall nobly save, or meanly lose,... | |
 | John Torrey Morse - Presidents - 1893 - 396 pages
...world will not forget that 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...of earth. Other means may succeed; this could not fail. The way is plain, peaceful, generous, just, — a way which, if followed, the world will forever... | |
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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. 
