 In my opinion, it will not cease until a crisis shall have been reached and passed. '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....  Letters and Addresses of Abraham Lincoln - Page 105by Abraham Lincoln - 1907 - 389 pagesFull view - About this book
 | American literature - 1891 - 1020 pages
...of that policy, that agitation has not only not ceased, but has constantly augmented. In my opinion it will not cease until a crisis shall have been reached...passed. "A house divided against itself cannot stand." I believe this government cannot endure permanently, half slave and half free. I do not expect the... | |
 | Everett Chamberlin - Biography & Autobiography - 1872 - 568 pages
...of that policy, that agitation not only has not ceased, but has constantly augmented. In my opinion it will not cease until a crisis shall have been reached...passed. ' 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... | |
 | Everett Chamberlin - Campaign literature - 1872 - 586 pages
...of that policy, that agitation not only has not ceased, but has constantly augmented. In my opinion it will not cease until a crisis shall have been reached...passed. ' 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... | |
 | Samuel Tyler - Electronic books - 1872 - 674 pages
...which nominated him for the Senate of the United States : " In iny opinion, it [slavery agitation] will not cease until a crisis shall have been reached...passed. 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... | |
 | Alexander Davidson, Bernard Stuvé - Illinois - 1874 - 978 pages
...has not only not consul, but has constantly migmctittd "In my opinion it mil not cease until a rris'u shall have been reached and passed— 'A house divided against itself cannot stand.' "I believe this government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free. I do not expect the... | |
 | Patrick Cudmore - Constitutional history - 1875 - 278 pages
...announced by Seward, in his famous Rochester Speech, Oct. 25, 1858. In 1858, Lincoln said: "In my opinion it will not cease until a crisis shall have been reached...passed." A house divided against itself cannot stand ! I believe the government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free. I do not expect the... | |
 | Hermann Von Holst - Constitutional history - 1889 - 370 pages
...of themselves gradually subside with the wind. " The agitation of the slavery question," he said, " will not cease until a crisis shall have been reached...passed. '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... | |
 | Charles Godfrey Leland - United States - 1879 - 260 pages
...of that policy, that agitation had not only not ceased, but has constantly augmented. In my opinion, it will not cease until a crisis shall have been reached...passed. 'A house divided against itself cannot stand.' I believe this Government cannot endure permanently, half slave and half free. I do not expect the... | |
 | Charles Godfrey Leland - Biography & Autobiography - 1879 - 274 pages
...of that policy, that agitation had not only not ceased, but has constantly augmented. In my opinion, it will not cease until a crisis shall have been reached...passed. 'A house divided against itself cannot stand.' I believe this Government cannot endure permanently, half slave and half free. I do not expect the... | |
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