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" Fellow-citizens, we cannot escape history. We, of this Congress and this administration, will be remembered in spite of ourselves. No personal significance, or insignificance, can spare one or another of us. The fiery trial through which we pass, will... "
The History of Liberty: A Paper Read Before the New York Historical Society ... - Page 84
by John F. Aiken - 1877 - 163 pages
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The Forum, Volume 41

1909 - 642 pages
...which really adds nothing : Fellow-citizens, we cannot escape history. We of this Congress and the Administration will be remembered in spite of ourselves. No personal significance or insignificance cam spare one or another of us. The fiery trial through which we pass will light us down, in honor...
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Selections from the Letters, Speeches, and State Papers of Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln - 1911 - 170 pages
...then we shall save our country. Fellow citizens, we cannot escape history. We of this Con- 20 gress and this administration will be remembered in spite...or insignificance can spare one or another of us. Th£ fiery trial through which we pass will light us down, in honor or dishonor, to the latest generation....
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The Master and His Servant: Comparative Outline Sketches of the Redeemer of ...

Jonathan Todd Hobson - 1913 - 136 pages
...may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven. — Matt. 5 : 14, 16. We can not escape history. We of this Congress and this administration will be remembered in spite of ourselves. . . . The fiery trial through which we pass will- light us down, in honor or dishonor, to the latest...
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Abraham Lincoln

Godfrey Rathbone Benson Baron Charnwood - 1916 - 500 pages
...anew and act anew. We must disenthrall ourselves, and then we shall save our country. Fellow citizens, we cannot escape history. We of this Congress and...or insignificance can spare one or another of us. We say we are for the Union. The world will not forget that we say this. We know how to save the Union....
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Abraham Lincoln

Godfrey Rathbone Benson Baron Charnwood - 1917 - 508 pages
...anew and act anew. We must disenthrall ourselves, and then we shall save our country. Fellow citizens, we cannot escape history. We of this Congress and...or insignificance can spare one or another of us. We say we are for the Union. The world will not forget that we say this. We know how to save the Union....
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Abraham Lincoln as a Man of Letters

Luther Emerson Robinson - 1918 - 376 pages
...the country, and by precisely so much you increase the demand for, and wages of, white labor. . . . Fellow-citizens, we cannot escape history. We of this...trial through which we pass will light us down, in honour or dishonour, to the latest generation. We say we are for the Union. The world will not forget...
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The Inaugural Addresses of the Mayors of Boston

1918 - 36 pages
...our minds the words in which President Lincoln addressed Congress in 1862. He said: "Fellow citizens, we cannot escape history. We of this Congress and...ourselves. No personal significance or insignificance will save the one or the other of us. The fiery trial through which we pass will light us down in honor...
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Abraham Lincoln: A Play

John Drinkwater - 1918 - 84 pages
...preservation ' of the Union. Hook: I entirely agree. Lincoln : Gentlemen, we cannot escape history. We of this administration will be remembered in spite of...or insignificance can spare one or another of us. In giving freedom to the slave we assure freedom to the free. We shall nobly save or meanly lose the...
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For Freedom and Humanity: Readings, First Series

1918 - 74 pages
...somehow the right is the right And the smooth shall bloom from the rough. — Robert Louis Stevenson. No personal significance or insignificance can spare...or another of us. The fiery trial through which we are passing will light us down in honor or dishonor to the latest generation. . . . We shall nobly...
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Abraham Lincoln: A Play

John Drinkwater - 1919 - 140 pages
...preservation of the Union. Hook: I entirely agree. Lincoln: Gentlemen, we cannot escape history. We of this administration will be remembered in spite of...or insignificance can spare one or another of us. In giving freedom to the slave we assure freedom to the free. We shall nobly save or meanly lose the...
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