 A house divided against itself cannot stand." I believe this Government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free. I do not expect the Union to be dissolved, I do not expect the house to fall, but I do expect it will cease to be divided. It will...  The Life of Stephen A. Douglas - Page 508by James Washington Sheahan - 1860 - 528 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Torrey Morse - 1893 - 412 pages
...I do not expect the house to fall, — but I do expect it will cease to be divided. It will become all one thing or all the other. Either the opponents...the course of ultimate extinction; or its advocates will push it forward, till it shall become alike lawful in all the States, old as well as new, —... | |
 | Noah Brooks - Biography & Autobiography - 1893 - 386 pages
...dissolved ; I do not expect the house to fall ; but I do expect it will cease to be divided: it will become all one thing or all the other. Either the opponents...the course of ultimate extinction, or its advocates will push it forward until it shall become lawful in all States, old as well as new, North as well... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - Illinois - 1894 - 444 pages
...divided against itself cannot stand." I believe this government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free. I do not expect the house to fall — but...the course of ultimate extinction, or its advocates will push it forward till it shall become alike lawful in all the States — old as well as new, North... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - Lincoln-Douglas Debates, Ill., 1858 - 1894 - 336 pages
...divided against itself cannot stand.' I believe this government cannot endure permanently, half slave and half free. I do not expect the house to fall, but...the course of ultimate extinction, or its advocates will push it forward till it shall become alike lawful in all the States, — old as well as new, North... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - Illinois - 1894 - 432 pages
...divided against itself cannot stand." I believe this government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free. I do not expect the house to fall — but...the course of ultimate extinction, or its advocates will push it forward till it shall become alike lawful in all the States — old as well as new, North... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - United States - 1894 - 1080 pages
...divided against itself cannot stand." I believe this government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free. I do not expect the house to fall — but...the course of ultimate extinction, or its advocates will push it forward till it shall become alike lawful in all the States — old as well as new, North... | |
 | Alexander Kelly McClure - Civilization - 1894 - 312 pages
...do not expect the house to fall ; but I do expect that it will cease to be divided. It will become all one thing, or all the other. Either the opponents...the course of ultimate extinction, or its advocates will push it forward till it shall become alike lawful in all the States, old as well as new, North... | |
 | James Mitchell Ashley - History - 1894 - 950 pages
...I do not expect the house to fall, but I do expect that it will cease to be divided. It will become all one thing or all the other. Either the opponents...the course of ultimate extinction, or its advocates will push it forward until it shall alike become lawful in all the States, old as well as new, North... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1898 - 72 pages
...dissolved, I do not expect the house to fall, but I do expect it will cease to be divided. It will become all one thing or all the other. Either the opponents...the course of ultimate extinction, or its advocates will push it forward till it shall become alike lawful in all the States, old as well as new, North... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1894 - 270 pages
...— " I do not expect the house to fall, but I do expect it will cease to be divided. It will become all one thing or all the other. Either the opponents...the course of ultimate extinction, or its advocates will push it forward until it shall become alike lawful in all the States, old as well as new ; North... | |
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