 | Abraham Lincoln - 1893 - 130 頁
...say this. We know how to save the Union. The world knows we do know how to save it. We — even we here — hold the power and bear the responsibility....of earth. Other means may succeed ; this could not, cannot fail. The way is plain, peaceful, generous, just, — a way which, if followed, the world will... | |
 | 1899 - 652 頁
...hold the power and bear the responsibi'ity. In giving freedom to the slave, we assure freedom to tha free — honorable alike in what we give and what...; this could not fail. The way is plain, peaceful, generous, just — a way which, if followed, the world will forever applaud, and God must forever bless."... | |
 | Charles Carleton Coffin - 1893 - 608 頁
...say this. We know how to save the Union. The world knows we do know how to save it. We — even we here — hold the power and bear the responsibility. In giving freedom to the slate we assure freedom to the free — honorable alike in what we give and what we preserve. We shall... | |
 | Terrington Calas, Steve Bachmann - 2002 - 202 頁
...indicate, Lincoln's pithy phrases embody the glories and agonies of that period with impressive eloquence: In giving freedom to the slave, we assure freedom...save, or meanly lose, the last best hope of earth. It may seem strange that any men should dare to ask a just God's assistance in wringing their bread... | |
 | Ronald C. White - 2002 - 256 頁
...trial through which we pass, will light us down, in honor or dishonor, to the latest generation. ... In giving freedom to the slave, we assure freedom...nobly save, or meanly lose, the last, best, hope of earth.7 Lincoln shared with his contemporaries a belief in the special destiny of America. Where he... | |
 | Ethan M. Fishman - 2002 - 248 頁
...blacks was linked to the success of the American mission in guaranteeing equality to all human beings: "In giving freedom to the slave, we assure freedom...shall nobly save, or meanly lose, the last, best hope on earth."40 While en route to his inauguration, Lincoln delivered a speech at Trenton, New Jersey,... | |
 | Stig Förster, Jorg Nagler - 2002 - 724 頁
...concession, however, was coupled with a call for action. "In giving freedom to the slave," he insisted, "we assure freedom to the free - honorable alike in...save, or meanly lose, the last best hope of earth." American nationalism was again part of an ideal for the entire world. 27 Lincoln, Works. 5 : 338-9.... | |
 | Richard Alan Krieger - 2007 - 344 頁
...common end, and prefer the interests of mankind to any narrow interest of their own." — Woodrow Wilson "In giving freedom to the slave we assure freedom...honorable alike in what we give and what we preserve." — Abraham Lincoln "None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free."... | |
 | Avard Tennyson Fairbanks - 2002 - 184 頁
...We of this Congress and this administration will be remembered in spite of ourselves. We — even we here — hold the power and bear the responsibility in giving freedom to the slaves, we assure freedom to the free, we shall nobly save or meanly lose the last, best hope of earth."... | |
 | Allen C. Guelzo - 1999 - 532 頁
...supporting him. "We — even we here — hold the power, and bear the responsibility," he warned them. "In giving freedom to the slave, we assure freedom...save, or meanly lose, the last best, hope of earth." He assured an abolitionist delegation headed by Wendell Phillips in January, 1863, that although he... | |
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In giving freedom to the slave we assure freedom to the free — honorable alike in what we give and what we preserve. We shall nobly save or meanly lose the last, best hope of earth. 
