| Charles Francis Richardson - American literature - 1886 - 568 pages
...sentences — worthy of a Hebrew prophet — with which the inaugural closes : Lincoln, . 1,1- rr T • The Almighty has his own purposes. Woe unto the world...If we shall suppose that American slavery is one of those offences which, in the providence of God, must needs come, but which, having continued through... | |
| Thomas Wentworth Higginson - United States - 1887 - 492 pages
...bread from the sweat of other men's faces ; but let us judge not, that we be not judged. The prayers of both could not be answered. That of neither has...but woe to that man by whom the offence cometh.' If \ve shall suppose that American slavery is one of these offences, which, in the providence of God,... | |
| Charles Francis Richardson - American literature - 1889 - 572 pages
...literature. Re-read the mighty sentences — worthy of a Hebrew prophet — with which the inaugural closes : The Almighty has his own purposes. Woe unto the world...If we shall suppose that American slavery is one of those offences which, in the providence of God, must needs come, but which, having continued through... | |
| Edmund Clarence Stedman - American literature - 1888 - 600 pages
...assistance in wringing their bread from the sweat of other men's faces, but let us judge not, that we be not judged. The prayer of both could not be answered....If we shall suppose that American slavery is one of those offences which, in the providence of God, must needs come, but which having continued through... | |
| Stedman, Edmund C. and Hutchinson Ellen M. - 1888 - 600 pages
...assistance in wringing their bread from the sweat of other men's faces, but let us judge not, that we be not judged. The prayer of both could not be answered....If we shall suppose that American slavery is one of those offences which, in the providence of God, must needs come, but which having continued through... | |
| Erastus Otis Haven - United States - 1888 - 602 pages
...bread from the sweat of other men's faces ; but let us judge not, that we be not judged. The prayers of both could not be answered. That of neither has...Woe unto the world because of offences, for it must must needs be that offences come ; but woe to that man by whom the offence cometh." If we shall suppose... | |
| John Robert Irelan - Presidents - 1888 - 718 pages
...wringing their bread from the sweat of other men's faces ; but let us judge not, that we may not be judged. The prayer of both could not be answered....his own purposes. " Woe unto the world because of offenses, for it must needs be that offenses come : but woe unto the man by whom the offense cometh."... | |
| Paul Leicester Ford - United States - 1889 - 214 pages
...assistance in wringing their bread from the sweat of other men's faces, but let us judge not, that we be not judged. The prayer of both could not be answered....If we shall suppose that American slavery is one of those offences which, in the providence of God, must needs come, but which having continued through... | |
| United States - 1889 - 242 pages
...assistance in wringing their bread from the sweat of other men's faces, but let us judge not, that we be not judged. The prayer of both could not be answered....If we shall suppose that American slavery is one of those offences which, in the providence of God, must needs come, but which having continued through... | |
| Orville T. Bright, James Baldwin - Readers - 1889 - 524 pages
...assistance in wringing their bread from the sweat of other men's faces. But let us judge not, that we be not judged. The prayer of both* could not be answered....offences ! for it must needs be that offences come ; but woe to that man by whom the offence cometh !" 55 If we shall suppose that American slavery is... | |
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