 ... 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
 | Guy Carleton Lee, Francis Newton Thorpe - Indians of North America - 1905 - 596 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,...belligerent. The result is not doubtful. We shall not fall — if we stand firm, we shall not fail. Wise counsels may accelerate, or mistakes delay it, but,... | |
 | Mayo Williamson Hazeltine - Speeches, addresses, etc - 1903 - 460 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,...same enemy is wavering, dissevered, and belligerent I The result is not doubtful. We shall not fail — if we stand firm, we shall not fail. Wise counsels... | |
 | Joseph Hartwell Barrett - 1903 - 408 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 the same enemy is wavering, dissevered and belligerent? The result is not doubtful. We shall not fail... | |
 | Germans - 1913 - 634 pages
...witnessed, at the capital of the Rebel Confederacy, evidence of the fulfillment of his prediction in 1858: "We shall not fail — if we stand firm we shall not fail. Wise counsels may accelerate or mistakes delay, but, sooner or later, the victory is sure to come." And he saw, too, the granting of... | |
 | Don Edward Fehrenbacher - History - 1962 - 224 pages
...at hand. He then concluded with a brief plea for Republican perseverance and this final prediction : The result is not doubtful. We shall not fail — if we stand firm, we shall not fail. Wise councils may accelerate or mistakes delay it, but, sooner or later the victory is sure to come. The... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln, Don Edward Fehrenbacher - History - 1977 - 292 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,...fail — if we stand firm, we shall not fail. Wise councils may accelerate or mistakes delay it, but, sooner or later the victory is sure to come. 29.... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - History - 1989 - 946 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,...and pampered enemy. Did we brave all then, to falter now>—nmv — when that same enemy is wavering, dissevered and belligerent? The result is not doubtful.... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln, Stephen A. Douglas - Biography & Autobiography - 1991 - 474 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,...fail— if we stand firm, we shall not fail. Wise councils may accelerate or mistakes delay it, but, sooner or later the victory is sure to come. After... | |
 | Suzy Platt - Quotations, English - 1992 - 550 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,...fail— if we stand firm, we shall not fail. Wise councils may accelerate or mistakes delay it, but, sooner or later, the victory is sure to come. ABRAHAM... | |
 | Peter W. Schramm, Bradford P. Wilson - History - 1993 - 286 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...shall not fail — if we stand firm, we shall not fail.'6 Lincoln was instrumental in keeping the Illinois, and thereby the national, Republican Party... | |
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