Masterpieces of Eloquence: Famous Orations of Great World Leaders from Early Greece to the Present Time, Volume 16P. F. Collier & Son, 1905 |
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Page 6582
... civil war . The government will not assail you . You can have no conflict without being yourselves the aggressors . You have no oath registered in Heaven to destroy the government , while I shall have the most solemn one to " preserve ...
... civil war . The government will not assail you . You can have no conflict without being yourselves the aggressors . You have no oath registered in Heaven to destroy the government , while I shall have the most solemn one to " preserve ...
Page 6583
... civil war , testing whether that nation , or any nation so conceived and so dedicated , can long endure . We are met on a great battlefield of that war . We have come to dedi- cate a portion of that field as a final resting - place for ...
... civil war , testing whether that nation , or any nation so conceived and so dedicated , can long endure . We are met on a great battlefield of that war . We have come to dedi- cate a portion of that field as a final resting - place for ...
Page 6584
... civil war . All dreaded it , all sought to avoid it . While the inaugural address was being delivered from this place , devoted altogether to saving the Union without war , insur- gent agents were in the city seeking to destroy it with ...
... civil war . All dreaded it , all sought to avoid it . While the inaugural address was being delivered from this place , devoted altogether to saving the Union without war , insur- gent agents were in the city seeking to destroy it with ...
Page 6588
... the very fundamental principles of civil liberty , -criticising the Declaration of Independence , and in- sisting that there is no right principle of action but self- interest . 66 Before proceeding , let me say I think I 6588 LINCOLN.
... the very fundamental principles of civil liberty , -criticising the Declaration of Independence , and in- sisting that there is no right principle of action but self- interest . 66 Before proceeding , let me say I think I 6588 LINCOLN.
Page 6655
... civil service and taint- ing the very life - blood of the nation ? Let me not exaggerate our dangers or dash the full joy of this occasion by suggesting too strongly that there may be poison in our cup . But I must be pardoned as one of ...
... civil service and taint- ing the very life - blood of the nation ? Let me not exaggerate our dangers or dash the full joy of this occasion by suggesting too strongly that there may be poison in our cup . But I must be pardoned as one of ...
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