 We are now far into the fifth year since a policy was initiated with the avowed object and confident promise of putting an end to slavery agitation. Under the operation of that policy that agitation has not only not ceased, but has constantly augmented....  Life of Abraham Lincoln - 第 161 頁Josiah Gilbert Holland 著 - 1866 - 544 頁完整檢視 - 關於此書
 | Matthew Stanley, Ph. D. Matthew Stanley - 2000 - 186 頁
...may threaten to destroy its peace and prosperity. Speaking of slavery, Lincoln prophetically stated, "In my opinion, it will not cease until a crisis shall have been reached and past." Even though he had great wisdom, Lincoln showed his human weakness, not recognizing the full... | |
 | John Channing Briggs - 2005 - 396 頁
...slave: If we could first know where we are, and whither we are tending, we could then better judge what to do, and how to do it. We are now far into the fiflh year, since a policy was initiated, with the avowed object, and confident promise, of putting... | |
 | Thomas E. Schneider - 2006 - 241 頁
...Nebraska controversy at the start of his senatorial campaign against Douglas in 1858, Lincoln had said, We are now far into the fifth year, since a policy...cease, until a crisis shall have been reached, and passed.1 On December 17, 1860, he wrote to Republican editor Thurlow Weed that in the event of compromise... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 2006 - 292 頁
...quote at length the whole paragraph in which the expressions which puzzle you occur. It is as follows: "We are now far into the fifth year since a policy...policy that agitation has not only not ceased, but constantly augmented. I believe it will not cease until a crisis shall have been reached, and passed.... | |
 | Elizabeth Sirimarco - 2007 - 150 頁
...excerpt of which follows. WE ARE NOW FAR INTO THE FIFTH YEAR since a policy [the KansasNebraska Act] was initiated with the avowed object, and confident...putting an end to slavery agitation. Under the operation "/ do not expect the house to fall. ' of that policy, that agitation has not only not ceased, but has... | |
 | Joseph Hartwell Barrett - 2006 - 896 頁
...are now far on in the fifth year since a policy was instituted for the avowed object, and with the confident promise, of putting an end to slavery agitation...under the operation of that policy, that agitation had not only not ceased, but had constantly augmented. I believe it will not cease until a crisis shall... | |
 | Carl Sandburg - 2007 - 476 頁
...read: "If we could first know where vie are, and iohilhervie are tending, we could better judge what to do, and how to do it. We are now far into the fifth...passed. 'A house divided against itself cannot stand.' I believe this government cannot endure, permanently half .v//cw and half 'free. I do not expect the... | |
 | Michael Knox Beran - 2007 - 521 頁
...Age senators: We are now in the fifth year, since a policy was initiated [that of Senator Douglas], with the avowed object, and confident promise, of...passed. "A house divided against itself cannot stand." I believe this government cannot endure, permanently half slave and half free. I do not expect the... | |
 | Allen C. Guelzo - 2008 - 433 頁
...going: If we could first know where we are, and whither we are tending, we could then better judge what to do, and how to do it. We are now far into the fifth...passed. "A house divided against itself cannot stand. " I believe this government cannot endure, permanently half slave and half free. For four and a half... | |
 | Paul Calore - 2014 - 306 頁
...Illinois Republicans Lincoln eloquently stated his views on the nation's slavery issue by declaring, "We are now far into the fifth year since a policy...passed. A house divided against itself cannot stand.' I believe this government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free. I do not expect the Union... | |
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