 ... gathered from the four winds, and formed and fought the battle through, under .the constant hot fire of a disciplined, proud and pampered enemy. Did we brave all then to falter now ? — now — when that same enemy is wavering, dissevered and belligerent?...  Lincoln and Herndon - Page 176by Joseph Fort Newton - 1910 - 367 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Isaac N. Arnold - Dummies (Bookselling) - 1866 - 750 pages
...care whether slavery was voted up or voted down." He concludes in the language of hopeful prophesy. u We shall not fail, wise counsels may accelerate or mistakes delay it, but sooner or later, victory is sure to come." Such was the high philosophic appreciation by Lincoln, of the conflict then... | |
 | Isaac N. Arnold - Dummies (Bookselling) - 1866 - 748 pages
...prophetic voice, the uplifted eye, the inspired mien of a seer, he exclaimed, " "We shall not fail if we stand firm, we shall not fail. Wise counsels may accelerate, or mistakes delay, but sooner or later the victory is sure to come;" he looked to long years of political controversy;... | |
 | Isaac N. Arnold - Dummies (Bookselling) - 1866 - 804 pages
...the prophetic voice, the uplifted eye, the inspired mien of a seer, he exclaimed, " We shall not fail if we stand firm, we. shall not fail. Wise counsels may accelerate, or mistakes delay, but sooner or later the victory is sure to come;" he looked to long years of political controversy;... | |
 | Harriet Beecher Stowe - Generals - 1868 - 606 pages
...exhortation, "what to do and how to doit." "The result," he said, "is not doubtful. We shall not fail, if we stand firm we shall not fail. Wise counsels...but sooner or later, THE VICTORY IS SURE TO COME." That is the language, not of a party politician, recommending expedient nostrums, but of a statesman... | |
 | Harriet Beecher Stowe - Generals - 1868 - 606 pages
...exhortation, uwhat to do and how to do it." uThe result," he said, uis not doubtful. We shall not fail, if we stand firm we shall not fail. Wise counsels...but sooner or later, THE vICTORY IS SURE TO COME." That is the language, not of a party politician, recommending expedient nostrums, but of a statesman... | |
 | Harriet Beecher Stowe - 1868 - 652 pages
...exhortation, "what to do and how to doit." "The result," he said, "is not doubtful. We shall not fail, if we stand firm we shall not fail. Wise counsels...but sooner or later, THE VICTORY IS SURE TO COME." That is the language, not of a party politician, recommending expedient nostrums, but of a statesman... | |
 | Josiah Gilbert Holland, Richard Watson Gilder - American literature - 1887 - 984 pages
...enemy is wavering, dissevered, and belligerent ? The result is not doubtful. We shall not fail — if we stand firm we shall not fail. Wise counsels...but sooner or later the victory is sure to come." Lincoln's declaration that the cause of slavery restriction " must be intrusted to its own undoubted... | |
 | Ward Hill Lamon - 1872 - 630 pages
...enemy is wavering, dissevered, and belligerent ? The result is not doubtful. We shall not fail, — if we stand firm, we shall not fail. Wise counsels...but, sooner or later, the victory is sure to come. The speech produced a profound impression upon men of all parties : the Democrats rejoiced in it, and... | |
 | Harriet Beecher Stowe - United States - 1872 - 690 pages
...exhortation, "what to do and how to doit." "The result," he said, " is not doubtful. We shall not fail, if we stand firm we shall not fail. Wise counsels...but sooner or later, THE VICTORY IS SURE TO COME." That is the language, not of a party politician, recommending expedient nostrums, but of a statesman... | |
 | Henry Wilson - Antislavery movements - 1874 - 754 pages
...that the omens were auspicious and that ultimate success was sure. " Wise counsels," he said, " mav accelerate or mistakes delay it, but, sooner or later, the victory is sure to come." On the evening of July 9, Mr. Douglas addressed a mass meeting in Chicago, when he made formal reply... | |
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