Fellow-citizens, we cannot escape history. We of this Congress and this Administration will be remembered in spite of ourselves. No personal significance or insignificance can spare one or another of us. The fiery trial through which we pass will light... Anecdotes of Public Men - Page 170by John Wien Forney - 1873Full view - About this book
| Henry Jarvis Raymond - United States - 1865 - 848 pages
...anew. We must disinthrall ourselves, and thftn we shall save our country. Fellow-citizens, wo cannot escape history. We of this Congress and this Administration...insignificance can spare one or another of us. The fiory trial through which we pass will light us down in honor or dishonor to the latest generation.... | |
| Frank Crosby - Presidents - 1865 - 480 pages
...rise with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew, and act anew. We must disinthrall ourselves, and then we shall save our country. " Fellow-citizens,...Administration, will be remembered in spite of ourselves. JSTo personal significance, or insignificance, can spare one or another of us. The fiery trial through... | |
| Edward McPherson - History - 1865 - 680 pages
...anew. We must disenthrall ourselves, and then we shall save our country. Fellow-citizens, tc« cannot escape history. We, of this Congress and this Administration,...significance, or insignificance, can spare one or another of ns. The fiery trial through which we pass will light us down, in honor or dishonor, to the latest generation.... | |
| Henry Jarvis Raymond, Francis Bicknell Carpenter - Presidents - 1865 - 866 pages
...anew. We must disinthrall ourselves, and then we shall save our country. Fellow-citizens, we cannot escape history. We of this Congress and this Administration...significance or insignificance can spare one or another of ns. The fiery trial through which we pass will light ns down in honor or dishonor to the latest generation.... | |
| Edward McPherson - United States - 1865 - 676 pages
...disenthrall ourselves, and then we shall save our country. Fellow-citizens, let cannot escape hisU>ry. We, of this Congress and this Administration, will...significance, or insignificance, can spare one or another of as. The fiery trial through which we pass will light us down, in honor or dishonor, to the latest generation.... | |
| Edward McPherson - History - 1865 - 690 pages
...anew. We must disenthrall ourselves, and then we shall save our country. Fellow-citizens, u>« cannot escape history. We, of this Congress and this Administration,...ourselves. No personal significance, or insignificance, can враге one or another of us. The fiery trial through which we* pass will light us down, in honor... | |
| William James Potter - 1865 - 82 pages
...rise with the occasion. * * We must disenthrall ourselves, and then we shall save our country. * * No personal significance or insignificance can spare...The fiery trial through which we pass will light us down in honor or dishonor to the latest generation. * * * We — even we here — hold the power and... | |
| Phebe Ann Hanaford - Presidents United States Biography - 1865 - 232 pages
...emancipation, how earnest and outspoken were his words ! In his Annual Message he said, " We cannot escape history. We of this Congress and this Administration will be remembered in spite of ourselves. . . . We say we are for the Union. The world will not forget that we say this. We know how to save... | |
| William James Potter - 1865 - 78 pages
...rise with the occasion. * * We must disenthrall ourselves, and then we shall save our country. * * No personal significance or insignificance can spare one or another of us. The fiery trial through whieli we pass will light us down in honor or dishonor to the latest generation. * •» * ^Y^ —... | |
| Josiah Gilbert Holland - Biography & Autobiography - 1866 - 574 pages
...the closing paragraph of the message : "Fellow citizens," — thus reads the passage — "We cannot escape history. We of this Congress, and this Administration,...The fiery trial through which we pass will light us down in honor or dishonor to the latest generation. We say that we are for the Union. The world will... | |
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