 Yet, if God wills that it continue until all the wealth piled by the bondman's two hundred and fifty years of unrequited toil shall be sunk, and until every drop of blood drawn with the lash, shall be paid by another drawn with the sword, as was said...  Letters and Addresses of Abraham Lincoln ... - Page 288by Abraham Lincoln - 1903 - 399 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Corey Robin - Philosophy - 2004 - 336 pages
...eliminating slavery, he did not speak of negative foundations or a summum malum. Instead, he promised that "all the wealth piled by the bond-man's two hundred and fifty years of unrequited toil shall be sunk," that "every drop of blood drawn with the lash, shall be paid by another drawn... | |
 | Theodore Roosevelt - Biography & Autobiography - 2004 - 946 pages
...drawn with the sword, as was said three thousand years ago, so still it must be said, The judgments of the Lord are true and righteous altogether.' "With malice toward none; with charity for all; with firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work... | |
 | Michael P. Melon - Religion - 2004 - 270 pages
...pray—that this mighty scourge of war may speedily pass away. Yet, if God wills that it continue, until alt the wealth piled by the bond-man's two hundred and fifty years of unrequited toil shall be sunk, and until every drop of Mood drawn with the lash, shall be paid by another drawn... | |
 | William Eleazar Barton - Biography & Autobiography - 2005 - 444 pages
...attributes which the believers in a living God always ascribe to Him. Fondly do we hope—perfectly do we pray—that this mighty scourge of war may speedily...altogether." With malice toward none; with charity for all; with firmness in the right as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work... | |
 | Donald J. Meyers - History - 2005 - 284 pages
...— that this mighty scourge of war may speedily pass away. Yet, if God wills that it may continue, until all the wealth piled by the bond-man's two hundred...altogether.' "With malice toward none; with charity for all; with firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work... | |
 | David Edwin Harrell, Edwin S. Gaustad, John B. Boles, Sally Foreman Griffith - History - 2005 - 860 pages
...pray — that this mighty scourge of war may speedily pass away. Yet, if God wills that it continue, until all the wealth piled by the bondman's two hundred and fifty years of unrequited toil shall be sunk, and every drop of blood drawn with the lash, shall be paid by another drawn with... | |
 | Hendrik Hertzberg - Political Science - 2005 - 724 pages
...pray — that this mighty scourge of war may speedily pass away. Yet, if God wills that it continue, until all the wealth piled by the bondman's two hundred and fifty years of unrequited toil shall be sunk, and until every drop of blood drawn with the lash, shall be paid by another drawn... | |
 | Timothy Flanagan - History - 2004 - 106 pages
...pray — that this mighty scourge of war may speedily pass away. Yet, if God wills that it continue, until all the wealth piled by the bond-man's two hundred and fifty years of unrequited toil shall be sunk, and until every drop of blood drawn with the lash, shall be paid by another drawn... | |
 | Patrick Deneen - Political Science - 2009 - 389 pages
...pray — that this mighty scourge of war may speedily pass away. Yet, if God wills that it continue, until all the wealth piled by the bond-man's two hundred and fifty years of unrequited toil shall be sunk, and until every drop of blood drawn with the lash, shall be paid by another drawn... | |
 | Jerrold M. Packard - Biography & Autobiography - 2005 - 326 pages
...quickly. But in the address's most profound words, he said that if "God wills that [the war] continue, until all the wealth piled by the bondman's two hundred and fifty years of unrequited toil shall be sunk, and until every drop of blood drawn with the lash shall be paid by another drawn... | |
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