...the slave, we assure freedom to the free — honorable alike in what we give and what we preserve. We shall nobly save, or meanly lose, the last, best...will forever applaud, and God must forever bless." It was hardly to be expected, however, that any action would be taken by congress before the lapse...

...the slave, we assure freedom to the free, — honourable alike in what we give and what we preserve. We shall nobly save or meanly lose the last, best...just, — a way which, if followed, the world will for ever applaud, and God must for ever bless. Emancipation Proclamation. January 1, 1863 Whereas,...

...freedom to the slave we assure freedom to the free, honorable alike in what we give and what we preserve. We shall nobly save or meanly lose the last best hope...generous, just, a way which if followed the world will approve, and God must forever bless.'' [Applause.] Accepting this view as the true and logical interpretation...

...the slave, we assure freedom to the free, — honourable alike in what we give and what we preserve. We shall nobly save or meanly lose the last, best...just, — a way which, if followed, the world will for ever applaud, and God must for ever bless. Emancipation Proclamation. January r, 1863 Whereas,...

...the slave, we assure freedom to the free — honorable alike in what we give and what we preserve. We shall nobly save, or meanly lose, the last best, hope of earth." Quoted in Long, 292. Gen. [John Buchanan] Floyd has caused our men to suffer. He has only a few soldiers...

...freedom to the free." For America, Lincoln insisted, this was the crossroads of history; this was where "we shall nobly save, or meanly lose, the last best, hope of earth."1 What did Lincoln mean? Why did he consider the Union to be the last best hope of earth? The...

...the slave, we assure freedom to the free — honorable alike in what we give, and what we preserve. We shall nobly save, or meanly lose, the last best...The way is plain, peaceful, generous, just — a way in which, if followed, the world will forever applaud, and God must forever bless. (Lincoln 688) Antithesis...

...Lincoln, FDR concluded: "This generation will 'nobly save or meanly lose the last best hope of earth .... The way is plain, peaceful, generous, just — a way...the world will forever applaud and God must forever bless.'"39 By January of 1939, Abraham Lincoln had become a New Deal Democrat. On January 7, 1939,...

...he insisted, "we assure freedom to the free - honorable alike in what we give, and what we preserve. We shall nobly save, or meanly lose, the last best hope of earth." American nationalism was again part of an ideal for the entire world. 27 Lincoln, Works. 5 : 338-9....

...the slave, we assure freedom to the free — honorable alike in what we give, and what we preserve. We shall nobly save, or meanly lose, the last best hope of earth. It may seem strange that any men should dare to ask a just God's assistance in wringing their bread...