...be given of it through any description or abbreviation. It must be given entire. Mr. Lincoln said: " If we could first know where we are, and whither we...tending, we could better judge what to do, and how to do it. We are now far into the fifth year, since a policy was initiated with the avowed object and confident...

...given of it throusrh any description or abbreviation. It must be given entire. Mr. Lincoln said: " If we could first know where we are, and whither we...tending, we could better judge what to do, and how to do it. We are n^-r. jar into the fifth year, since a policy was initiated with the w,*e& object and confident...

...Douglas, and its importance demands its insertion : Mu. PRESIDENT, AND GENTLEMEN OF THE CONVENTION: If we could first know where we are, and whither we...tending, we could better judge what to do, and how to do it. We are now far into the flfth year, since a policy was initiated with the avowed object, and confident...

...CONVENTION : If we could first know where we are, and whither we are tending, we could better Judge what to do, and how to do It. We are now far Into the fifth year, since a policy was initiated with the avowed object, ana confident promise of putting an end to slavery agitation. Uuder...

...be given of it through any description or abbreviation. It must be given entire. Mr. Lincoln said: "If we could first know where we are, and whither we are tending, we could better jadge what to do, and how to do it. We are n<^-. iar into the fifth year, since a policy was initiated...

...Douglas, and its importance demands its insertion : MB. PRESIDENT, AND GENTLEMEN OF THE CONVENTION: If we could first know where we are, and whither we are tending, we enuld better judge what to do, and how to do it. We are now fur into the fifth year, aince a policy...

...the slavery and anti-slavery controversy, Mr. Lincoln covers exactly the same ground, as follows : " If we could first know where we are, and whither we...tending, we could better judge what to do, and how to do it." Mr. Webster here used eighty-two words, of which twenty, almost a quarter, have more than one...

...stately and sonorous opening, majestic and poetical. Now compare it with Mr. Lincoln's synonym : " If we could first know where we are, and whither we...tending, we could better judge what to do, and how to do it." The thing could not have been said more shortly, more directly, more clearly, more strongly in...

...is a stately and sonorous opening, majestic and poetical. Now compare it with Mr. Lincoln's synonym: "If we could first know where we are, and whither...tending, we could better judge what to do, and how to do it." The thing could not have been said more shortly, more directly, more clearly, more strongly in...

...it is worth quoting entire. It is as follows : "Mr. President, and Gentlemen of the Convention: — If we could first know where we are, and whither we...tending, we could better judge what to do, and how to do it. We are now far into the fifth year since a policy was initiated with the avowed object and confident...