 | Lillian Watson - 1988 - 356 頁
...aware of the great importance of this moment and the potential influence of his words on the nation. "On the occasion corresponding to this four years...anxiously directed to an impending civil war. . . . All knew that slavery was, somehow, the cause of the war. . . . Neither party expected for the war the... | |
 | James Boyd White - 1994 - 348 頁
...different terms his earlier invocation of the difference between the present inauguration and his first: "On the occasion corresponding to this four years...anxiously directed to an impending civil war. All dreaded it—all sought to avert it." Who are these "alls," the reader asks: The North? Or North and South?... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln, G. S. Boritt - 1996 - 208 頁
...satisfactory and encouraging to all. With high hope for the future, no prediction in regard to it is ventured. On the occasion corresponding to this four years ago,...all thoughts were anxiously directed to an impending civil-war. All dreaded it — all sought to avert it. While the inaugural address was being delivered... | |
 | Frances H. Kennedy - 1998 - 536 頁
...satisfactory and encouraging to alt. With high hope for the future. no prediction in regard to it is ventured. On the occasion corresponding to this four years ago....all thoughts were anxiously directed to an impending civil-war. All dreaded it — all sought to avert it. While the inaugeral address was heing delivered... | |
 | Randall M. Miller, Harry S. Stout, Charles Reagan Wilson - 1998 - 442 頁
...begins the shift in tone and content that will give this address its singular and memorable meaning. On the occasion corresponding to this four years ago,...all thoughts were anxiously directed to an impending civil-war. All dreaded it — all sought to avert it. While the inaugural address was being delivered... | |
 | Paul M. Zall - 2003 - 220 頁
...satisfactory and encouraging to all. With high hope for the future, no prediction in regard to it is ventured. On the occasion corresponding to this four years ago,...anxiously directed to an impending civil war. All dreaded it—all sought to avert it. While the inaugural address was being delivered from this place, devoted... | |
 | Robert R. Mathisen - 2001 - 674 頁
...and encouraging to all. With high hope for the future, no predication in regard to it is \entured. On the occasion corresponding to this four years ago,...all thoughts were anxiously directed to an impending civil-war. All dreaded it—all sought to avert it. While the inaugural address was being delivered... | |
 | Joy Hakim - 2003 - 356 頁
...discern: recognize ascribe: see as belonging scourge: great suffering bond-man: slave unrequited: unpaid On the occasion corresponding to this four years ago,...all thoughts were anxiously directed to an impending civil-war. All dreaded it — all sought to avert it. While the inaugural address was being delivered... | |
 | Sabas H. Whittaker M. F. a., Sabas Whittaker, M.F.A. - 2003 - 367 頁
...satisfactorily and encouraging to all. With hope for the future, no prediction in regards to it is ventured. On the occasion corresponding to this four years ago,...anxiously directed to an impending civil war. All dreaded it-all sought to avert it. While the general address was being delivered from this place, devoted altogether... | |
 | United States. National Archives and Records Administration - 2006 - 257 頁
...satisfactory and encouraging to all. With high hope for the future, no prediction in regard to it is ventured. On the occasion corresponding to this four years ago,...all thoughts were anxiously directed to an impending civil-war. All dreaded it— all sought to avert it. While the inaugeral [sic] address was being delivered... | |
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While the inaugural address was being delivered from this place, devoted altogether to saving the Union without war, insurgent agents were in the city seeking to destroy it without war,— seeking to dissolve the Union, and divide effects, by negotiation. 
