 Union; and what I forbear, I forbear because I do not believe it would help to save the Union. I shall do less whenever I shall believe what I am doing hurts the cause, and I shall do more whenever I shall believe doing more will help the cause.  Abraham Lincoln: His Life and Public Services - Page 146by Mrs. P. A. Hanaford - 1865 - 216 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John William Draper - United States - 1868 - 628 pages
...would do it; and if I could save it by freeing some and leaving others alone, I would also do that." " I have here stated my purpose according to my views...official duty; and I intend no modification of my oft-repeated personal wish that all men every where should be free. 7 ' He thus acted upon the principle... | |
 | John William Draper - United States - 1868 - 630 pages
...would do it ; and if I could save it by freeing some and leaving others alone, I would also do that." " I have here stated my purpose according to my views...official duty; and I intend no modification of my oft-repeated personal wish that all men every where should be free." He thus acted upon the principle... | |
 | James Parton - 1872 - 590 pages
...whenever I shall believe what I am doing hurts the cause, and I shall do more whenever I shall believe doing more will help the cause. I shall try to correct...views. I have here stated my purpose according to my view of official duty, and I intend no modification of my oft-expressed perional wish that all men,... | |
 | L. U. Reavis - Biography & Autobiography - 1872 - 598 pages
...I am. doing hurts the cause, and I shall do more whenever I shall believo doing more will help tho cause. I shall try to correct errors when shown to...views. I have here stated my purpose according to my view of official duty, and [ intend no modification of my oft-expressed personal wish that all mon,... | |
 | Lurton Dunham Ingersoll - Journalists - 1873 - 754 pages
...whenever I shall believe what I am doing hurts the cause, and I shall do more whenever I shall believe doing more will help the cause. I shall try to correct...views. I have here stated my purpose according to my view of official duty, and I intend no modification of my oft-expressed personal wish that all men,... | |
 | John Wien Forney - Bookbinding - 1873 - 462 pages
...less whenever I shall believe what I am doing hurts the cause, and shall do more whenever I believe doing more will help the cause. " I shall try to correct...views so fast as they shall appear to be true views." From his letter to the Illinois Convention, August 26, 1863 : " Peace does not appear so distant as... | |
 | Livingston County (N.Y.) - 1877 - 610 pages
...would do it ; and if I could save it by freeing some and leaving others alone, I would do that also. I have here stated my purpose according to my views...personal wish that all men everywhere could be free." And yet history, if written in the future as often written in the past may deal with that personal... | |
 | Whitelaw Reid - 1879 - 36 pages
...Union ; and what I forbear, I forbear because I do not believe it would help to save the Union. ... I have here stated my purpose according to my views...personal wish that all men everywhere could be free." Precisely one month after the date of this reply the Emancipation Proclamation was issued. Greeley's... | |
 | Charles Godfrey Leland - United States - 1879 - 260 pages
...would do it ; and if I could do it by freeing some and leaving others alone, I would also do that. ... I have here stated my purpose according to my views...official duty, and I intend no modification of my oftexpressed personal wish, that all men everywhere could be free" He had, meanwhile, his troubles... | |
 | Charles Godfrey Leland - United States - 1879 - 264 pages
...would do it ; and if I could do it by freeing some and leaving others alone, I would also do that. ... I have here stated my purpose according to my views...official duty, and I intend no modification of my oftexpressed personal wish, that all men everywhere could be free." He had, meanwhile, his troubles... | |
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