 | James Mitchell Ashley - History - 1894 - 950 pages
...the power and bear the responsibility. In giving freedom to the slave we assure freedom to the free, honorable alike in what we give and what we preserve....generous, just, a way which if followed the world will approve, and God must forever bless.'' [Applause.] Accepting this view as the true and logical interpretation... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1894 - 274 pages
...bear the responsibility. In giving freedom to the slave, we assure freedom to the free, — honourable alike in what we give and what we preserve. We shall...just, — a way which, if followed, the world will for ever applaud, and God must for ever bless. Emancipation Proclamation. January r, 1863 Whereas,... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1894 - 270 pages
...bear the responsibility. In giving freedom to the slave, we assure freedom to the free, — honourable alike in what we give and what we preserve. We shall...just, — a way which, if followed, the world will for ever applaud, and God must for ever bless. Emancipation Proclamation. January 1, 1863 Whereas,... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - Presidents - 1894 - 280 pages
...bear the responsibility. In giving freedom to the slave, we assure freedom to the free,—honourable alike in what we give and what we preserve. We shall...could not fail. The way is plain, peaceful, generous, just,—a way which, if followed, the world will for ever applaud, and God must for ever bless. Emancipation... | |
 | James Mitchell Ashley - Abolitionists - 1894 - 944 pages
...freedom to the free, honorable alike in what we give and what we preserve. We shall nobly save or meanl_v lose the last best hope of earth. Other means may...generous, just, a way which if followed the world will approve, and God must forever bless." [Applause.] Accepting- this view as the true and logical interpretation... | |
 | John J. Miller - Acculturation - 1998 - 312 pages
...become "an impossible place to live in." He spoke with resolve on the necessity of preserving the union: "The way is plain, peaceful, generous, just — a...the world will forever applaud and God must forever bless."7 The same might be said of Americanization. It, too, is plain, peaceful, generous, and just.... | |
 | Paul M. Zall - Biography & Autobiography - 2003 - 220 pages
...and bear the responsibility. In giving freedom to the slave we assure freedom to the free—honorable alike in what we give and what we preserve. We shall...could not fail. The way is plain, peaceful, generous, just—a way which, if followed, the world will forever applaud, and God must forever bless. 32 Amidst... | |
 | Ida M. Tarbell - Biography & Autobiography - 1999 - 572 pages
...and bear the responsibility. In giving freedom to the slave, we assure freedom to the free-honorable alike in what we give and what we preserve. We shall...could not fail. The way is plain, peaceful, generous, just-a way which, if followed, the world will forever applaud, and God must forever bless." As the... | |
 | Hugh Tulloch - History - 1999 - 276 pages
...the power and bear the responsibility. In giving freedom to the slave we assure freedom to the free - honorable alike in what we give and what we preserve....save or meanly lose the last, best hope of earth. (Abraham Lincoln) INTRODUCTION The Civil War is, without doubt, one of the central, formative events... | |
 | Lou Cannon - Biography & Autobiography - 2000 - 932 pages
...message to Congress on December 1, 1862, Abraham Lincoln said, "We know how to save the Union. . . . We shall nobly save or meanly lose the last, best...will forever applaud and God must forever bless." Reagan may have been borrowing this secondhand, for the reference to the United States as "the last... | |
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We say we are for the Union. The 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 bear the responsibility. In giving freedom to the slave we assure freedom... 
