I am glad I made the late race. It gave me a hearing on the great and durable question of the age, which I could have had in no other way ; and though I now sink out of view, and shall be forgotten, I believe I have made some marks which will tell for... Lincoln and Herndon - Page 236by Joseph Fort Newton - 1910 - 367 pagesFull view - About this book
| James Ford Rhodes - United States - 1892 - 566 pages
...hearing on the great and durable question of the age which I could have had in no other way ; and though I now sink out of view and shall be forgotten, I believe...tell for the cause of civil liberty long after I am gone."1 Lincoln had no regrets about his first Springfield speech. Sumner asked him a few days before... | |
| William Henry Herndon - 1892 - 396 pages
...hearing on the great and durable questions of the age which I could have had in no other way ; and though I now sink out of view and shall be forgotten, I believe...have made some marks which will tell for the cause of liberty long after I am gone." Before passing to later events in Mr. Lincoln's life it is proper to... | |
| charles carleton coffin - 1892 - 654 pages
...on the questions of the age which I could have had in no other way, and though I may sink entirely out of view and shall be forgotten, I believe I have made some marks which will tell for the cause of liberty after I am gone."(') The old-time depression returned. It was a natural sequence to the exhausting... | |
| Charles Carleton Coffin - 1892 - 574 pages
...on the questions of the age which I could have had in no other way, and though I may sink entirely out of view and shall be forgotten, I believe I have made some marks which will tell for the cause of liberty after I am gone."(') The old-time depression returned. It was a natural sequence to the exhausting... | |
| 1896 - 628 pages
...hearing on the great and durable question of the age which I would have had in no other way; and though I now sink out of view and shall be forgotten, I believe...the cause of civil liberty long after I am gone." At that date perhaps no one appreciated the value of what Lincoln had done as well as he did himself.... | |
| Charles Carleton Coffin - 1893 - 564 pages
...on the questions of the age which I could have had in no other way, and though I may sink entirely out of view and shall be forgotten, I believe I have made some marks which will tell for the cause of liberty after I am gone."(") The old-time depression returned. It was a natural sequence to the exhausting... | |
| Charles Carleton Coffin - 1893 - 608 pages
...on the questions of the age which I could have had in no other way, and though I may sink entirely out of view and shall be forgotten, I believe I have made some marks which will tell for the cause of liberty after I am gone."(') The old-time depression returned. It was a natural sequence to the exhausting... | |
| Abraham Lincoln - United States - 1894 - 1080 pages
...hearing on the great and durable question of the age, which I could have had in no other way ; and though I now sink out of view, and shall be forgotten, I...for the cause of civil liberty long after I am gone. Mary joins me in sending our best wishes to Mrs. Henry and others of your family. November 25, 1858.... | |
| Abraham Lincoln - Illinois - 1894 - 428 pages
...hearing on the great and durable question of the age, which I could have had in no other way; and though I now sink out of view, and shall be forgotten, I...for the cause of civil liberty long after I am gone. Letter to AG Henry, Nov. 1Q, 1858, vol. V, p. Q5. SNAKE IN THE CHILDREN'S BED If I saw a venomous snake... | |
| Melancthon Woolsey Stryker - 1896 - 200 pages
...have been sculptured there which Lincoln uttered so early as 1858 — "Tho I now sink out of view, I believe I have made some marks which will tell for the cause of liberty long after I am gone." All of the memorials of such a nature and the reminiscences of such... | |
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