 | Abraham Lincoln - Presidents - 1894 - 268 pages
...extinguished by mere friction and abrasion, — by the mere incidents of the war. It will be gone, and you will have nothing -valuable in lieu of it. Much of its value is gone already. How much better for you and for your people to take the step which at once shortens the war and secures substantial compensation... | |
 | James Ford Rhodes - United States - 1899 - 624 pages
...— by the mere incidents of war. . . . Much of its value is gone already. How much better for you and for your people to take the step which at once...which is sure to be wholly lost in any other event." He then told them and the public of a difficulty he had to contend with, — " one which threatens... | |
 | James Ford Rhodes - United States - 1899 - 618 pages
...— by the mere incidents of war. . . . Much of its value is gone already. How much better for you and for your people to take the step which at once...war and secures substantial compensation for that wliich is sure to be wholly lost in any other event." He then told them and the public of a difficulty... | |
 | Ida Minerva Tarbell - 1900 - 278 pages
...extinguished by mere friction and abrasion — by the mere incidents of the war. It will be gone, and you will have nothing valuable in lieu of it. Much of its value is gone already. How much better for you and for your people to take the step which at once, shortens the war and secures substantial compensation,... | |
 | Ida Minerva Tarbell - 1900 - 276 pages
...extinguished by mere friction and abrasion — by the mere incidents of the war. It will be gone, and you will have nothing valuable in lieu of it. Much of its value is gone already. How much better lor you and for your people to take the step which at once shortens the war and secures substantial... | |
 | Joseph Hartwell Barrett, Charles Walter Brown - Presidents - 1902 - 888 pages
...extinguished by mere friction and abrasion — by the •ii/re incidents of the war. It will be gone, and you will have nothing valuable in lieu of it. Much of its value is gone already. How much better for you and for your people to take the step which at once shortens the war, and secures substantial compensation... | |
 | John George Nicolay - Presidents - 1902 - 604 pages
...extinguished by mere friction and abrasion — by the mere incidents of the war. It will be gone, and you will have nothing valuable in lieu of it. Much of its value is gone already. How much better for you and for your people to take the step which at once shortens the war and secures substantial compensation... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - United States - 1903 - 460 pages
...extinguished by mere friction and abrasion—by the mere incidents of the war. It will be gone, and you will have nothing valuable in lieu of it. Much of its value is gone already. How much better for you and for your people to take the step which at once shortens the war and secures substantial compensation... | |
 | Joseph Hartwell Barrett - 1903 - 436 pages
...extinguished by mere friction and abrasion — by the mere incidents of the war. It will be gone, and you will have nothing valuable in lieu of it. Much of its value is gone already. How much better for you and for your people to take the step which at once shortens the war and secures substantial compensation... | |
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The incidents of the war cannot be avoided. If the war continues long, as it must if the object be not sooner attained, the institution in your States will be extinguished by mere friction and abrasion — by the mere incidents of the war. It will be... 
