 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
 | James Moore (M.D.) - 1875 - 582 pages
...must think and act anew. We must disenthrall ourselves, and then we shall save our country. 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. The way is plain, peaceful, generous, just—a... | |
 | John F. Aiken - Europe - 1877 - 176 pages
...and the patriots of our own time, worthy of the respect of the world.* * "Fellow-citizens, 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... | |
 | Osborn Hamiline Oldroyd - 1882 - 614 pages
...anew. We must disenthrall ourselves, and then we shall save our country. Fellow-citizens, 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 we are for the Union. The world will not... | |
 | Edward McPherson - United States - 1882 - 680 pages
...anew. We must disenthrall ourselves, and then we shall save our country. Fellow-citizens, vu 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 lay we aie for the Union. The wor d will not.... | |
 | Charles Maltby - California - 1884 - 340 pages
...session. The following is an extract from the closing part of his message : "Fellow-citizens — We cannot escape history. We of this Congress and this administration...remembered in spite of ourselves. No personal significance pr insignificance can spare one or the other of us. The fiery trial through which we pass will light... | |
 | John Alexander Logan - Lincoln-Douglas Debates, Ill., 1858 - 1886 - 912 pages
...anew. We must disenthrall ourselves, and then we shall save our Country. "Fellow-citizens, 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 we are for the Union. The World will... | |
 | United States. Congress. House - United States - 1134 pages
...anew. We must disenthrall ourselves, and then we shall save our country. Fellow-citizens, 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 we are for the Union. The world will not... | |
 | John Robert Irelan - Presidents - 1888 - 718 pages
...rise with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew and act anew. We must disenthrall ourselves, and then we shall save our country. Fellow-citizens,...The fiery trial through which we pass will light us down, in honor or dishonor, to the latest generation. We say we are for the Union. The world will not... | |
 | Charles Carleton Coffin - History - 1888 - 526 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...The fiery trial through which we pass will light us down in honor or dishonor to the latest generation. We say we are for the Union. The world will not... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - Slavery - 1890 - 454 pages
...anew and act anew. We must disenthrall ourselves, and then we shall save our country. Fellow Citizens, we can not escape history. We of this Congress and...The fiery trial through which we pass will light us down, in honor or dishonor, to the latest generation. We say we are for the Union. The world will not... | |
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