 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...  Life of Abraham Lincoln - Page 405by Josiah Gilbert Holland - 1866 - 544 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Alfred C. Thomas - United States - 1863 - 36 pages
...and then we shall save our country. Fellow-citizens, we cannot escape history; we of this Congress will be remembered in spite of ourselves; no personal...fiery trial through which we pass will light us down to honor or dishonor to the latest generation." Brethren, shall this man of God have none of our sympathy,... | |
 | Edward McPherson - Confederate States of America - 1864 - 462 pages
...and act anew. We must disenthrall ourselves, and then we shall save our country. Fellow-citizens, wt cannot escape history. We, of this Congress and this...in honor or dishonor, to the latest generation. We tay we are for the Union. The world will not forget that we say this. We know how to save the Union.... | |
 | Joseph Hartwell Barrett - 1864 - 544 pages
...anew. We must disinthrall ourselves, and then we shall save our country. Fellow-citizens, ice can not escape history. We, of this Congress and this Administration,...honor or dishonor, to the latest generation. We say we are for the Union. The world will not forget that we say this. We know how to save the Union. The... | |
 | Henry Jarvis Raymond - United States - 1864 - 518 pages
...anew, and act anew. We must disenthral ourselves, and then we shall save our country. Fellow-citizens, we cannot escape history. We of this Congress and...The fiery trial through which we pass will light us dowu in honor or dishonor to the latest generation. We say that we are for the Union. The world will... | |
 | Abott A. Abott - 1864 - 104 pages
...from the original, or we should have wished to italicise these lines. " Above al, fellow citizens, we cannot escape history, We of this Congress, and...Administration, will be remembered in spite of ourselves." What sincerity and truthfulness of m'.nd shines all through these sentences ! " The fiery trial through... | |
 | Henry Theodore Tuckerman - History - 1864 - 478 pages
...insignificance, can spare one or another of os. " The fiery trial through which we pass, will light ns down in honor or dishonor to the latest generation. " We say that we are for the Union. Hie world will not forget that whfle we say this, we do know bow to sive the Union. The world knows... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1864 - 878 pages
...annals of our country and the history of the world. 'The fiery trials through which we are passing will light us down in honor or dishonor to the latest generation.' If we cannot ' escape history,' let us make our record right, and display that patriotism, wisdom,... | |
 | Edward McPherson - History - 1865 - 680 pages
...act anew. We must disenthrall ourselves, and then we shall save our country. Fellow-citizens, to« cannot escape history. We, of this Congress and this...in honor or dishonor, to the latest generation. We »ay we ate for the Union. The wor'd will not forget that we aay this. We know how to save the Union.... | |
 | Frank Crosby - Presidents - 1865 - 498 pages
...anew. We must disinthrall ourselves, and then we shall save our country. " Fellow-citizens, we can not escape history. We of this Congress and this Administration,...honor or dishonor, to the latest generation. We say we are for the Union. The world will not forget that we say this. We know how to save the Union. The... | |
 | Edward McPherson - United States - 1865 - 676 pages
...act anew. We must disenthrall ourselves, and then we shall save our country. Fellow-citizens, u>« ho should prescribe, from the penally of loss of tay we are for the Union. The world will not forget that we say this. We know how to save the Union.... | |
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