...trial through which we pass, will light us down, in honor or dishonor, to the latest generation. ... In giving freedom to the slave, we assure freedom...nobly save, or meanly lose, the last, best, hope of earth.7 Lincoln shared with his contemporaries a belief in the special destiny of America. Where he...

...blacks was linked to the success of the American mission in guaranteeing equality to all human beings: "In giving freedom to the slave, we assure freedom...shall nobly save, or meanly lose, the last, best hope on earth."40 While en route to his inauguration, Lincoln delivered a speech at Trenton, New Jersey,...

...concession, however, was coupled with a call for action. "In giving freedom to the slave," he insisted, "we assure freedom to the free - honorable alike in...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....

...common end, and prefer the interests of mankind to any narrow interest of their own." — Woodrow Wilson "In giving freedom to the slave we assure freedom...honorable alike in what we give and what we preserve." — Abraham Lincoln "None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free."...

...supporting him. "We — even we here — hold the power, and bear the responsibility," he warned them. "In giving freedom to the slave, we assure freedom...save, or meanly lose, the last best, hope of earth." He assured an abolitionist delegation headed by Wendell Phillips in January, 1863, that although he...

...society, certainly one purporting to be "democratic." Admonishing the 37th Congress, Lincoln said: In giving freedom to the slave, we assure freedom...nobly save, or meanly lose, the last best, hope of earth.3 Back east, however, things began to look up for the Confederacy on the military front as, on...

...trial through which we pass, will light us down, in honor or dishonor, to the latest generation. ... In giving freedom to the slave, we assure freedom...shall nobly save, or meanly lose the last, best hope on earth." Refired but not refashioned in the furnaces of war, the American Creed thus received its...

...somewhat paradoxical expression, Lincoln's elevation of the contest to a higher plane: "We — even we here — hold the power and bear the responsibility....of earth. Other means may succeed; this could not fail. The way is plain, peaceful, generous, just — a way which, if followed, the world will forever...

...say this. We know how to save the Union. The world knows we do know how to save it. We — even we here — hold the power, and bear the responsibility....of earth. Other means may succeed; this could not fail. The way is plain, peaceful, generous, just — a way which, if followed, the world will forever...

...world is the expansion of freedom in all the world." Lincoln told midnineteenth-century Americans, "In giving freedom to the slave, we assure freedom...save, or meanly lose, the last best hope of earth. Similarly, President Kennedy said, "let every nation know, whether it wished us well or ill, that we...