...save the Union. . . . We shall nobly save or meanly lose the last, best hope of earth. Other means mav succeed; this could not fail. The way is plain, peaceful,...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...

...remembered in spite of ourselves. . . 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. Annual Message to Congress, 1 December 1862. 1989:415. Charles E. Lindblom 1917US political scientist...

...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....nobly save, or meanly lose, the last, best hope of earth.137 Here, saving the Union means not only a federal victory over southern secession forces, but...

...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." Privately, Lincoln was not so certain of success. At month's end he told his friend Andrew G. Curtin,...

...Fellow-citizens, we cannot escape history... .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." Quoted in Long, 292. Gen. [John Buchanan] Floyd has caused our men to suffer. He has only a few soldiers...

...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....The way is plain, peaceful, generous, just — a way in which, if followed, the world will forever applaud, and God must forever bless. (Lincoln 688) Antithesis...

...a call for action. "In giving freedom to the slave," he insisted, "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." American nationalism was again part of an ideal for the entire world. 27 Lincoln, Works. 5 : 338-9....

...period with impressive eloquence: 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. It may seem strange that any men should dare to ask a just God's assistance in wringing their bread...

...dishonor, to the latest generation. ... In giving freedom to the slave, we assure freedom to the free — honorable alike in what we give, and what we preserve....nobly save, or meanly lose, the last, best, hope of earth.7 Lincoln shared with his contemporaries a belief in the special destiny of America. Where he...

...Lincoln, FDR concluded: "This generation will 'nobly save or meanly lose the last best hope of earth .... The way is plain, peaceful, generous, just — a way...the world will forever applaud and God must forever bless.'"39 By January of 1939, Abraham Lincoln had become a New Deal Democrat. On January 7, 1939,...