 Neither let us be slandered from our duty by false accusations against us, nor frightened from it by menaces of destruction to the government, nor of dungeons to ourselves. Let us have faith that right makes might, and in that faith let us to the end...  In the Name of Liberty: Selected Addresses - Page 9de William Bourke Cockran - 1925 - 409 pagesAffichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | 1913 - 456 pages
...of Abraham Lincoln. God must like common people or He would not have made so many. Let us have that faith that right makes might, and in that faith let...the end, dare to do our duty as we understand it. Gold is good in its place; but living patriotic men are better than gold. This country with its institutions... | |
 | First Unitarian Church of Oakland, Calif. Ladies - 1891 - 96 pages
...faithful, noble, tranquil. —Epktetus. Let us have faith that right makes might, and in that faith 1st us to the end dare to do our duty as we understand it. —Lincoln. Spring unlocks the flowers to paint the laughing soil. —Heber. Life is but thought ;... | |
 | Henry Clay Whitney - 1892 - 772 pages
...of liberty in the family of freedom." The conclusion of his Cooper Institute speech is this : "Let us have faith that right makes might, and in that...the end dare to do our duty as we understand it." Dr. Leonard Bacon, whose judgment is of the best, said that he considered the Cooper Institute speech... | |
 | Everit Brown, Albert Strauss - 1892 - 582 pages
...York, he delivered an address in that city on the political situation, closing with the words: "Let us have faith that right makes might, and in that...the end dare to do our duty as we understand it." On May 18, I860, the Republican National Convention met at Chicago and nominated Lincoln for the presidency.... | |
 | Hermann Von Holst - 1892 - 492 pages
...intellectual greatness and moral force of the uncouth western giant, culminated in the exhortation: "Let us have faith that right makes might, and in that...the end, dare to do our duty as we understand it." And on the other hand, he had never carried on the controversy in an irritating or spiteful manner.... | |
 | Everit Brown, Albert Strauss - 1892 - 586 pages
...York, he delivered an address in that city on the political situation, closing with the words: "Let us have faith that right makes might, and in that...the end dare to do our duty as we understand it." On May 18, 1860, the Republican National Convention met at Chicago and nominated Lincoln for the presidency.... | |
 | James Ford Rhodes - 1892 - 564 pages
...accusations against us, nor frightened from it by menaces of destruction to the government. . . . Let us have faith that right makes might ; and in that...the end, dare to do our duty as we understand it." Two days later, Seward spoke in the Senate. Of an unimposing physical figure, with a husky voice, angular... | |
 | Julia Thomas, Annie Gregory Thomas - 1892 - 288 pages
...prominently to the mind important words without direct reference to other words ; as, Bf , and not seem. Let us have faith that right makes might, and in that faith let us, to the end, dare to do our duty.— Lincoln. Antithetic emphasis is used when words or clauses contrast ; as, We must believe in something... | |
 | James Ford Rhodes - 1892 - 564 pages
...territories, and to overrun us here in these free States? . . . Let us not be slandered," Lincoln continued, " from our duty by false accusations against us, nor...from it by menaces of destruction to the government. . . . Let us have faith that right makes might ; and in that faith let us, to the end, dare to do our... | |
 | Jason Porterfield - 2004 - 68 pages
...audience to resist efforts to expand slavery into the territories and to restrict it to the South. "Let us have faith that right makes might, and in that...end, dare to do our duty as we understand it," he concluded. Lincoln's speech helped him to gain ground on other Republican candidates. His position... | |
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