...and Africa combined, with all the treasure of the earth in their military chest, with a Bonaparte as a commander, could not by force take a drink from the Ohio, or make a track on the Blue Kidge, in a trial of a thousand years." In spite of all modern inventions, plus those which the ingenuity...

...blow? Never! > All the armies of Europe, Asia, and Africa combined, with all the treasure of the earth (our own excepted) in their military chest, with a...approach of danger to be expected? I answer, if it ever reach us it must spring up amongst us; it cannot come from abroad. If destruction be our lot we must...

...blow? Never! All the armies of Europe, Asia and Africa combined with all the treasure of the earth (our own excepted) in their military chest with a...on the Blue Ridge in a trial of a thousand years. — Lincoln at Springfield, 111., Jan. 1837. Let the people be reminded that "eternal vigilance is...

...combined . . . could not by force take a drink from the Ohio ... in a trial of a thousand years." And "at what point then is the approach of danger to be expected? If it ever reach us, it must spring up amongst us. It cannot come from abroad. If destruction be our...

...combined, with all the treasure of the earth (our own excepted) in their military chest; with a Buonaparte for a commander, could not by force, take a drink...approach of danger to be expected? I answer, if it ever reach us, it must spring up amongst us. It cannot come from abroad. If destruction be our lot, we must...

...combined, with all the treasure of the earth (our own excepted) in their military chest; with a Buonaparte for a commander, could not by force, take a drink...track on the Blue Ridge, in a trial of a thousand years."40 The quotation also suggests that for all of Lincoln's ridicule of his own soldiering, militarism,...

...combined, with all the treasure of the earth (our own excepted) in their military chest; with a Buonaparte for a commander, could not by force take a drink from...on the Blue Ridge in a trial of a thousand years. ABRAHAM LINCOLN, address before the Young Men's Lyceum, Springfield, Illinois, January 27, 1838.—...

...Africa combined, with all the treasure of the earth ... in their military chest; with a Buonaparte for a commander, could not by force, take a drink...on the Blue Ridge, in a trial of a thousand years." Or, in the unlikely context of defending the national bank, he announced: "If ever I feel the soul...

...at a blow?" and answer boastfully, "Never! All the armies of Europe, Asia, and Africa combined . . . could not by force take a drink from the Ohio or make...a track on the Blue Ridge in a trial of a thousand years."6 The only serious threat to the nation, Lincoln recognized, came from within it. A term like...

...in what he referred to as the increasing disregard for law and the outrages committed by mobs, said, "At what point then is the approach of danger to be...I answer, if it ever reaches us it must spring up amongst us; it cannot come from abroad. If destruction be our lot we must ourselves be its author and...