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The Political History of the United States of America, During the Great ... - Page 226
by Edward McPherson - 1865 - 653 pages
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A Dictionary of Quotations in Prose: From American and Foreign Authors ...

Anna Lydia Ward - Citations anglaises - 1889 - 724 pages
...the religion of our time. 1647 Heine : English Fragments. In giving freedom to the slave we assure freedom to the free — honorable alike in what we give and what we preserve. 1648 Abraham Lincoln : Conclusion, Second Annual Message to Congress. The only freedom which deserves...
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Abraham Lincoln's Pen and Voice: Being a Complete Compilation of His Letters ...

Abraham Lincoln - Slavery - 1890 - 500 pages
...even ive here — hold the power and bear the responsibility. In yiinng freedom to the slave we assure freedom to the free — honorable alike in what we...will forever applaud, and God must forever bless. A. LINCOLN. LETTER TO MR. WOOD, DECEMBER 12, 1862. My Dear Sir: — Your letter of the 8th, with the...
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The Magazine of American History with Notes and Queries, Volume 24

John Austin Stevens, Benjamin Franklin DeCosta, Henry Phelps Johnston, Martha Joanna Lamb, Nathan Gillett Pond - United States - 1890 - 642 pages
...even we here— hold the power and bear the responsibility. In giving freedom to the slave we assure freedom to the free — honorable alike in what we...will forever applaud, and God must forever bless." JONATHAN STURGES — The following story is told of Jonathan Sturges's arrival in New York and meeting...
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Abraham Lincoln: A History, Volume 6

John George Nicolay, John Hay - United States - 1890 - 600 pages
...we here — hold the power, and bear the responsibility. In giving freedom to the slave, we assure freedom to the free — honorable alike in what we...will forever applaud, and God must forever bless. No immediate action followed this patriotic appeal. No indications of reviving unionism were manifested...
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Abraham Lincoln: A History, Volume 6

John George Nicolay, John Hay - United States - 1890 - 598 pages
...we here — hold the power, and bear the responsibility. In giving freedom to the slave, we assure freedom to the free — honorable alike in what we...Other means may succeed, this could not fail. The way AMua™' is plain, peaceful, generous, just — a way which, if fol- ID™a?J)' lowed, the world will...
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Abraham Lincoln, the Liberator: A Biographical Sketch

Charles Wallace French - Biography & Autobiography - 1891 - 412 pages
...even we here — hold the power and bear the responsibility. In giving freedom to the slave, we assure freedom to the free — honorable, alike, in what...if followed, the world will forever applaud and God will forever bless." The final proclamation was issued January 1, 1863, and was a document which will...
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Lincoln, His Life and Time: Being the Life and Public Services of ..., Volume 1

Henry Jarvis Raymond, Francis Bicknell Carpenter - Presidents - 1891 - 424 pages
...even we here— hold the power and bear the responsibility. In giving freedom to the slave we as«ure freedom to the free — honorable alike in what we...of earth. Other means may succeed ; this could not, cannot fail. The way is plain, peaceful, generous, just — a way which, if followed, the world will...
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Young Folks' History of the United States

Thomas Wentworth Higginson - United States - 1891 - 462 pages
...to Congress the President thus explained this act : — " In giving freedom to the slave, we assure freedom to the free, honorable alike in what we give...preserve. We shall nobly save, or meanly lose, the Jast best hope of earth. . . . The way is plain, peaceful, glorious, just, — a way, which, if followed,...
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Abraham Lincoln

Charles Carleton Coffin - 1892 - 574 pages
...the power and bear the responsibility. In giving freedom to the slave we assure freedom to the/?w — honorable alike in what we give and what we preserve....will forever applaud, and God must forever bless." The War Department was a part of the Administration. Why such inefficiency at Washington ? Why were...
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Life on the Circuit with Lincoln: With Sketches of Generals Grant, Sherman ...

Henry Clay Whitney - Booksellers and bookselling - 1892 - 772 pages
...honorable alike in what we give and in what we preserve. We shall nobly save or meanly lose the last hope of earth. Other means may succeed ; this could...will forever applaud, and God must forever bless." beeility, if not, indeed, something worse. He suffered no man to be a scapegoat for him. He bore all...
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