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" 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 from this place, devoted altogether to saving... "
The Loyal West in the Times of the Rebellion: Also, Before and Since: Being ... - Page 349
by John Warner Barber, Henry Howe - 1865 - 764 pages
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God's New Israel: Religious Interpretations of American Destiny

Conrad Cherry - 1998 - 428 pages
...their high places." ABRAHAM LINCOLN **> Second Inaugural Address March 4, 1865 Fellow- Countrymen : At this second appearing to take the oath of the Presidential...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...
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The Civil War Battlefield Guide

Frances H. Kennedy - 1998 - 536 pages
...known to the puhlic as to myself: and it is. 1 trust. reasonahly satisfactory and encouraging to alt. With high hope for the future. no prediction in regard...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...
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Religion and the American Civil War

Randall M. Miller, Harry S. Stout, Charles Reagan Wilson - 1998 - 442 pages
...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...
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Speeches that Changed the World

Owen Collins - 1999 - 464 pages
...nation and the statesmen he left behind him something of a sacred and almost prophetic character.' At this second appearing to take the oath of the presidential...anxiously directed to an impending civil war. All dreaded it - all sought to avert it. While the inaugeral [sic] address was being delivered from this place,...
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The World's Great Speeches

Lewis Copeland, Lawrence W. Lamm, Stephen J. McKenna - 1999 - 978 pages
...which still absorbs the attention and engrosses the energies of the nation, little that is new could he presented. The progress of our arms, upon which all...anxiously directed to an impending civil war. All dreaded it, all sought to avoid it. While the inaugural address was heing delivered from this place, devoted...
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Presidential Documents: The Speeches, Proclamations, and Policies that Have ...

Jim F. Watts, Fred L. Israel - 2000 - 416 pages
...inaugural ceremony — the presence of a battalion of African-American troops in the escort party. At this second appearing to take the oath of the Presidential...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...
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The American Reader: Words That Moved a Nation

Diane Ravitch - 2000 - 662 pages
...but over. He knew that the time had come to reflect on the nation's ordeal and to look to the future. At this second appearing to take the oath of the Presidential...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...
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Lincoln's Sacred Effort: Defining Religion's Role in American Self-government

Lucas E. Morel - 2000 - 272 pages
...first Republican president. "On the occasion corresponding to this four years ago," Lincoln states, "all thoughts were anxiously directed to an impending civil war. All dreaded it — all sought to avert it." At Lincoln's first inauguration, all citizens, including those who...
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Critical Issues in American Religious History: A Reader

Robert R. Mathisen - 2001 - 674 pages
...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...
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American Presidents: Farewell Messages to the Nation, 1796-2001

Gleaves Whitney - 2003 - 496 pages
...so puzzled in public over God's ways in the affairs of humankind. Second Inaugural Address March 4, 1865 Fellow-Countrymen: At this second appearing to...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...
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