 ... Republicans of the nation mustered over thirteen hundred thousand strong. We did this under the single impulse of resistance to a common danger, with every external circumstance against us. Of strange, discordant, and even hostile elements, we gathered...  The Life of Stephen A. Douglas - Page 405by James Washington Sheahan - 1860 - 528 pagesFull view - About this book
 | New York (State) - 1880 - 700 pages
...uplifted eye, and with the wrapt expression of a seer, and with the voice of a prophet, he exclaimed : " We shall not fail; if we stand firm , we shall not fail. Wise council may accelerate, or mistake delay ; but, sooner or later, the victory is sure to come," he then... | |
 | Ward Hill Lamon, Chauncey Forward Black - 1872 - 604 pages
...discordant, and even hostile elements, we gathered from the four winds, and formed and fought the battle through, under the constant hot fire of a disciplined,...we shall not fail. Wise counsels may accelerate or mistakes delay it ; but, sooner or later, the victory is sure to come. The speech produced a profound... | |
 | Harriet Beecher Stowe - United States - 1872 - 690 pages
...ended with a solemn but cheering exhortation, "what to do and how to doit." "The result," he said, " is not doubtful. We shall not fail, if we stand firm...we shall not fail. Wise counsels may accelerate, or mistakes delay it, but sooner or later, THE VICTORY IS SURE TO COME." That is the language, not of... | |
 | Hermann Von Holst - Constitutional history - 1889 - 370 pages
...— those whose hands are free, whose hearts are in the work — who do care for the result. . . . "We shall not fail — if we stand firm, •we shall not fail. "Wise counsels may accelerate or mistakes delay it, but the victory is sure to come." "Was Lincoln or Greeley right? Which of the two... | |
 | Orators - 1880 - 698 pages
...discordant, and even hostile elements, we gathered from the four winds, and formed and fought the battle through, under the constant hot fire of a disciplined,...we shall not fail. Wise counsels may accelerate, or mistakes delay it, but, sooner or later, the victory is sure to come. AT QUINCY, October 13. We have... | |
 | Osborn Hamiline Oldroyd - 1882 - 614 pages
...discordant, and even hostile elements, we gath:red from the four winds, and formed and fought the battle through, under the constant hot fire of a disciplined,...we shall not fail. Wise counsels may accelerate, or mistakes delay it, but sooner or later, the victory is sure to come. EXTRACT FROM MR. LINCOLN'S SPEECH... | |
 | Jeriah Bonham - Illinois - 1883 - 576 pages
...discordant and even hostile elements, we gathered from the four winds, and formed and fought the battle through, under the constant hot fire of a disciplined,...Did we brave all then to falter now — now, when thatsame enemy is wavering, dissevered and beligerent '.' THE RESULT IS NOT DOUBTFUL. WE SHALL NOT... | |
 | George Sumner Weaver - Dummies (Bookselling) - 1883 - 612 pages
...condition in which it should move toward the ultimate extinction of slavery. He closed in these words: "We shall not fail — if we stand firm, we shall not fail. Wise counsels may accelerate or mistakes delay it, but sooner or later, the victory is sure to come." He made two or three other speeches,... | |
 | William O. Stoddard - Presidents - 1884 - 536 pages
...discordant, and even hostile elements, we gathered from the four winds, and formed and fought the battle through, under the constant hot fire of a disciplined...we shall not fail. Wise counsels may accelerate, or mistakes delay it; but, sooner or later, the victory is sure to come. n. SPEECH, Delivered at Cooper... | |
 | Alexander Johnston - Speeches, addresses, etc., American - 1884 - 430 pages
...discordant, and even hostile elements, we gathered from the four winds, and formed and fought the battle through, under the constant hot fire of a disciplined,...we shall not fail. Wise counsels may accelerate, or mistakes delay it ; but, sooner or later, the victory is sure to come. STEPHEN ARNOLD DOUGLAS, OF ILLINOIS.... | |
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