 | 1927 - 976 páginas
...shoulders of all men. This is the sentiment of the Declaration. Can this country be saved on that basis? If this country cannot be saved without giving up that principle, I would rather be assassinated than surrender it." "Lifting the weights from the shoulders of all men."... | |
 | James Abram Garfield - 1871 - 276 páginas
...to save it. If it cannot be saved upon that principle it will be truly awful. But if this counti y cannot be saved without giving up that principle, I was about to say I would rather be assassinated on this spot than surrender it. Deep and strong was his devotion to... | |
 | George Henry Preble - 1872 - 578 páginas
...that basis? If it can, I will consider myself one of the happiest men in the world if I can save it. But if this country cannot be saved without giving up that principle — / was about to say I would rather be assassinated on this spot than surrender it." And then, after... | |
 | William Cothren - 1872 - 878 páginas
...save it. If it can not be saved on that principle, it will be truly awful. But if this country can not be saved without giving up that principle, I was about to say, I would rather be assassinated on this spot than surrender it. Now, in my view of the present aspect... | |
 | John Carroll Power - 1873 - 432 páginas
...the happiest men in the world, if I can help to save it. If it cannot be saved upon that principle, it will be truly awful; but if this country cannot...without giving up that principle, I was about to say, I would rather be assassinated on the spot than surrender it. -I have said nothing but what I am willing... | |
 | Charles Sumner - 1874 - 562 páginas
...men in the world, if I can help to save it. If it cannot be saved upon that principle, it will 1x3 truly awful. But if this country cannot be saved without giving up that principle, I was about to say / would rather be assassinated on this sjjot than, surrender it."1 Then, after adding that he had not... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - 1874 - 1956 páginas
...the happiest men in the world if I can help to save it. If it cannot be saved upon that principle, it will be truly awful. But if this country cannot be saved without giving up this principle, I was about to say, / would rather be assassinated on this spot than surrender it.... | |
 | Samuel Eliot - 1876 - 538 páginas
...liberty not alone to the people of this country, but I hope to the world for all future time. . . . If this country cannot be saved without giving up...rather be assassinated on this spot than surrender it." He was aware at that moment of a plot to assassinate him as he passed through Baltimore, and to avoid... | |
 | Samuel Eliot - 1876 - 542 páginas
...liberty not alone to the people of this country, but I hope to the world for all future time. . . . If this country cannot be saved without giving up...rather be assassinated on this spot than surrender it." He was aware at that momeut of a plot to assassinate him as he passed through Baltimore, and to avoid... | |
 | Henry Wilson - 1877 - 814 páginas
...that basis ? If it can, I will consider myself one of the happiest men in the world, if I can help save it. If it cannot be saved on that basis, it will...without giving up that principle, I was about to say I would rather be assassinated on this spot than surrender it." Expressing the opinion that there need... | |
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But if this country cannot be saved without giving up that principle, I was about to say I would rather be assassinated on this spot than surrender it. 
