 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
 | Abraham Lincoln, G. S. Boritt - Biography & Autobiography - 1996 - 208 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 Anson G. Henry, November 19, 1858, reprinted in Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, v. 3,... | |
 | Michael Burlingame - Biography & Autobiography - 1997 - 418 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...tell for the cause of civil liberty long after I am gone."84 In December he wrote in a similar vein, "While I desired the result of the late canvass to... | |
 | Paul M. Zall - Biography & Autobiography - 2003 - 220 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. 23 Responding to a proposal that he publish his speeches made during the Douglas debates, Lincoln offered... | |
 | Lowell Harrison - History - 2000 - 346 pages
...the great and durable question of the ages, which I could not have had in no other way; and though I now sink out of view, and shall be forgotten, I believe that I have made some marks which will tell for the cause of civil liberty long after I am gone."16... | |
 | the late Don E. Fehrenbacher - History - 2002 - 486 pages
...Constitution.161 Writing to a friend that he would "now sink out of view, and ... be forgotten," Lincoln added, "I believe I have made some marks which will tell...the cause of civil liberty long after I am gone." He was clearly disappointed at the result and thought that his political career might be at an end.163... | |
 | Janet Benge, Geoff Benge - Juvenile Nonfiction - 2001 - 228 pages
...that the campaign had given him a "hearing on the great and durable question of the age — and though I now sink out of view, and shall be forgotten, I believe I have made some marks that will tell for the cause of liberty long after I am gone." Newspapers reported that Abe accepted... | |
 | Don Davenport - Historic sites - 2002 - 244 pages
...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 although I now sink...the cause of civil liberty long after I am gone." 182 GOOSENEST PRAIRIE FARM + 1840-1892 LINCOLN LOG CABIN STATE HISTORIC SITE Lerna, Illinois Lincoln... | |
 | G. S. Boritt - Biography & Autobiography - 2001 - 356 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...tell for the cause of civil liberty long after I am gone."12 Here he acknowledged that he had achieved at least part of his goal; the lasting good that... | |
 | Eric H. Walther - History - 2004 - 240 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...tell for the cause of civil liberty long after I am gone."36 The chronically depressed Lincoln, smarting over his defeat, probably had little idea that... | |
 | Jason Porterfield - History - 2004 - 68 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. The Republican Leader and the Senator Abraham Lincoln's belief that he would fade into obscurity soon... | |
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