 Now, at the end of three years' struggle, the nation's condition is not what either party, or any man, devised or expected. God alone can claim it. \Vhither it is tending seems plain. If God now wills the removal of a great wrong, and wills also that...  Anecdotes of Public Men - Page 170by John Wien Forney - 1873Full view - About this book
 | James M. McPherson - History - 1995 - 188 pages
...discovered a reason for the war's long duration. In a letter to a Kentuckian in April 1864 he observed, "Now, at the end of three years struggle the nation's...man devised, or expected. God alone can claim it. Wither it is tending seems plain. If God now wills the removal of a great wrong, and wills also that... | |
 | United States - 2002 - 62 pages
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 | Robert E. Zinser - Religion - 2003 - 656 pages
...Catton, "This Hallowed Ground" New York: Pocket Books, Inc. 1956, p. 488] In the same vein Lincoln wrote, "...the nation's condition is not what either party,...man, devised or expected. God alone can claim it." ["The Living Words of Abraham Lincoln" Hallmark Editions, 1967, p. 43] This fits well with his upbringing.... | |
 | Harry Paul Jeffers - Biography & Autobiography - 2003 - 344 pages
...war that seemed to promise no end, "I claim not to have controlled events but confess plainly that events have controlled me. Now at the end of three years' struggle, the nation s condition is not what either party or any man devised or expected. God alone can claim it."... | |
 | Ward McAfee - Biography & Autobiography - 2004 - 258 pages
...attempt no complement to my own sagacity. I claim not to have controlled events, but confess plainly that events have controlled me. Now, at the end of three...man devised, or expected. God alone can claim it. Wither it is tending seems plain. If God now wills the removal of a great wrong, and wills also that... | |
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