 | Horace Greeley - Slavery - 1864 - 696 pages
...however, who really love the Union, may I not speak? Before entering upon so grave a matter as the destruction of our national fabric, with all its benefits,...so desperate a step, while any portion of the ills yon fly from, have no real existence ? Will you, while the certain ills you fly to are greater than... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln, Don Edward Fehrenbacher - History - 1977 - 292 pages
...however, who really love the Union, may I not speak? Before entering upon so grave a matter as the destruction of our national fabric, with all its benefits, its memories, and its hopes, would it not be wise to ascertain precisely why we do it? Will you hazard so desperate a step, while there is any possibility... | |
 | Bernard L. Brock, Robert Lee Scott, James W. Chesebro - Language Arts & Disciplines - 1989 - 524 pages
...audience as those "who really love the Union," Lincoln said: Before entering upon so grave a matter as the destruction of our national fabric, with all its benefits, its memories, and its hope, would it not be wise to ascertain precisely why we do it? Will you hazard so desperate a step... | |
 | Thomas W. Benson - Language Arts & Disciplines - 1993 - 272 pages
...however, who really love the Union, may I not speak? Before entering upon so grave a matter as the destruction of our national fabric, with all its benefits, its memories and its hopes, would it not be wise to ascertain precisely why we do it? Will you hazard so desperate a step, while there is any possibility... | |
 | Byron Farwell - Biography & Autobiography - 1993 - 582 pages
...president of the United States. He gave an emotional, eloquent speech, begging Americans not to destroy "our national fabric, with all its benefits, its memories, and its hopes," and he closed by saying: "We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies." But it was too... | |
 | Owen Collins - History - 1999 - 464 pages
...those, however, who really love the Union may I not speak? Before entering upon so grave a matter as the destruction of our national fabric, with all its benefits, its memories, and its hopes, would it not be wise to ascertain precisely why we do it? Will you hazard so desperate a step while there is any possibility... | |
 | Harry V. Jaffa - Presidents - 2004 - 574 pages
...however, who really love the Union, may I not speak? (20] Before entering upon so grave a matter as the destruction of our national fabric, with all its benefits, its memories, and its hopes, would it not be wise to ascertain precisely why we do it? Will you hazard so desperate a step, while there is any possibility... | |
 | Diane Ravitch - Reference - 2000 - 662 pages
...those, however, who really love the Union may I not speak? Before entering upon so grave a matter as the destruction of our national fabric, with all its benefits, its memories, and its hopes, would it not be wise to ascertain precisely why we do it? Will you hazard so desperate a step while there is any possibility... | |
 | Jim F. Watts, Fred L. Israel - Biography & Autobiography - 2000 - 416 pages
...those, however, who really love the Union may I not speak? Before entering upon so grave a matter as the destruction of our national fabric, with all its benefits, its memories, and its hopes, would it not be wise to ascertain precisely why we do it? Will you hazard so desperate a step while there is any possibility... | |
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Will you hazard so desperate a step while there is any possibility that any portion of the ills you fly from have no real existence? Will you, while the certain ills you fly to are greater than all the real ones you fly from, will you risk the commission... 
