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
| Frances Melville Perry, Henry William Elson - 1905 - 372 pages
...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." Abraham Lincoln's efforts were not lost. His words had not fallen on... | |
| Mary Mapes Dodge - Children's literature - 1906 - 746 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...cause of civil liberty long after I am gone." But he was not to " sink out of view and be forgotten." Douglas himself contributed not a little toward... | |
| Helen Nicolay - 1906 - 340 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...cause of civil liberty long after I am gone." But he was not to "sink out of view and be forgotten." Douglas himself contributed not a little toward... | |
| Abraham Lincoln - 1906 - 256 pages
...destinies of the nation might hang upon it. In referring to that electioneering duel he said: " Though I now sink out of view and shall be forgotten, I believe...the cause of civil liberty long after I am gone." " Revolutionize Through the BallotBox." Although Lincoln espoused the cause of freedom, he did not... | |
| Theology - 1906 - 336 pages
...a hearing on the great and durable question of the age. . . . And though I now sink out of view ... I believe I have made some marks which will tell for...the cause of civil liberty long after I am gone." Those " marks " were made on other men. Lincoln was a skilled engraver ; he carried a steady nerve,... | |
| Abraham Lincoln - 1907 - 336 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. Springfield, Illinois,... | |
| Henry Bryan Binns - 1907 - 428 pages
...age, which I could have had in no other way," he wrote to an old Springfield friend ; " and though I now sink out of view, and shall be forgotten, I...the cause of civil liberty long after I am gone." four million blacks, but of the cause of liberty throughout the whole world. For it was a canker in... | |
| Abraham Lincoln - United States - 1907 - 738 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... | |
| Abraham Lincoln - 1907 - 332 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. Springfield, Illinois,... | |
| Frances Campbell Sparhawk - 1907 - 352 pages
...of the age" (slavery) "which I could have had in no other way ; and though I now sink out of sight and shall be forgotten, I believe I have made some...the cause of civil liberty long after I am gone." Lincoln was here referring to his debates with Douglas of that same year when Douglas was running for... | |
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