 | Herman Cain - Political Science - 2005 - 241 pages
...your hands, my dissatisfied fellow countrymen, and not in mine, is the momentous issue of civil war You have no oath registered in Heaven to destroy the...most solemn one to preserve, protect, and defend it." 1863: President Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, which declared that "all persons held... | |
 | Carl Schurz, James Russell Lowell, Ralph Waldo Emerson - History - 2005 - 197 pages
...yourselves the aggressors. You have no oath registered in Heaven to destroy the government, while J shall have the most solemn one to " preserve, protect,...loth to close. We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Thoagh passion may have strained, it must not break our bonds of affection. The... | |
 | Mel Friedman, Lina Miceli, Robert Bell, Michael Lee, Sally Wood, Adel Arshaghi, Suzanne Coffield, Michael McIrvin, Anita Price Davis, Research & Education Association, George DeLuca, Joseph Fili, Marilyn Gilbert, Bernice E. Goldberg, Leonard Kenner - Study Aids - 2005 - 886 pages
...fellow-countrymen, and not in mine, is the momentous issue of civil war. The Government will not assail you. You can have no conflict without being yourselves...registered in heaven to destroy the Government, while l shall have the most solemn one to 'preserve, protect, and defend it.'" And choice (E) is incorrect... | |
 | Linda LaTourelle, C. C. Milam - Crafts & Hobbies - 2004 - 390 pages
...be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit. - Albert Schweitzer We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion...must not break our bonds of affection. The mystic cords of memory will swell when again touched as surely they will be by the better angels of our nature.... | |
 | John Channing Briggs - History - 2005 - 396 pages
...countrymen, and not in mine, is the momentous issue of civil war. The government will not assail you. You can have no conflict, without being yourselves...registered in heaven to destroy the government, while / have the most solemn one to "preserve, protect and defend it." (4.271) Without directly claiming... | |
 | Ian Frederick Finseth - History - 2006 - 648 pages
...countrymen, and not in mine, is the momentous issue of civil war. The government will not assail you. You can have no conflict without being yourselves...solemn one to "preserve, protect, and defend" it. I am loath to close. We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained,... | |
 | Joseph Hartwell Barrett - Biography & Autobiography - 2006 - 896 pages
...fellow-countrymen, and not in mine, is the momentous issue of civil war. The Government will not assail you. You can have no conflict without being yourselves...solemn one to "preserve, protect, and defend " it. I am loath to close. We are not enemies, but friends. We must not he enemies. Though passion may have strained,... | |
 | Robert F. Hawes - Political Science - 2006 - 357 pages
...fellow-countrymen, and not in mine, is the momentous issue of civil war. The Government will not assail you. You can have no conflict without being yourselves...most solemn one to 'preserve, protect, and defend it. Lincoln's inaugural address stirred mixed reactions throughout the country. Republicans and Unionists... | |
 | Mark David Ledbetter - History - 2010 - 505 pages
...countrymen, and not in mine, is the momentous issue of civil war. The government will not assail you. You can have no conflict without being yourselves...solemn one to "preserve, protect, and defend it." This is such a fine piece of writing we are almost willing to forgive Lincoln the war. It is quite... | |
 | Mark A. Graber - History - 2006 - 300 pages
...problem of constitutional evil. The last paragraph offers a poetic appeal for national unity: I am loath to close. We are not enemies, but friends. We must...affection. The mystic chords of memory, stretching from every battlefield and patriot grave to every living heart and hearthstone all over this broad land,... | |
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In your hands, my dissatisfied fellow-countrymen, and not in mine, is the momentous issue of civil war. The Government will not assail you. You can have no conflict without being yourselves the aggressors. You have no oath registered in Heaven to destroy... 
