 | Donald J. Meyers - 2005 - 284 páginas
...so little progress in bringing the war to a close, Lincoln scratched his tortured thoughts on paper: In great contests each party claims to act in accordance...will of God. Both may be, and one must be, wrong.. .In the present civil war it is quite possible that God's purpose is something different from the purpose... | |
 | Donald J. Meyers - 2005 - 284 páginas
...so little progress in bringing the war to a close, Lincoln scratched his tortured thoughts on paper: In great contests each party claims to act in accordance...with the will of God. Both may be, and one must be, wrong...In the present civil war it is quite possible that God's purpose is something different from... | |
 | Doris Kearns Goodwin - 2006 - 945 páginas
...weight, leading him to meditate. "In great contests," he wrote in a fragment found among his pages, "each party claims to act in accordance with the will of God. Both may be, and one must be wrong. God can not be for, and against the same thing at the same time. In the present civil war it is quite possible... | |
 | William Landon - 2005 - 233 páginas
...a legitimate cause for concern over right and wrong is when two views are mutually exclusive. Even God cannot be for and against the same thing at the same time. Short of this degree of divergence we must allow each person to work through their own personal understanding... | |
 | Umar F. Abd-Allah - 2006 - 400 páginas
...Union defeat at Bull Run in 1862, the war's low point from a Northern perspective, Lincoln declared: "The will of God prevails. In great contests each...God. Both may be and one must be wrong. God cannot be^br, and against the same thing at the same time." 86 Three years later, he repeated in his Second... | |
 | Mark A. Noll - 2006 - 216 páginas
..."Meditation on the Divine Will," which his secretaries later recalled was meant for Lincoln's eyes alone: The will of God prevails. In great contests each party...will of God. Both may be, and one must be wrong. God can not be/or, and against the same thing at the same time. In the present civil war it is quite possible... | |
 | Richard Striner - 2006 - 320 páginas
...higher moral outcome. Sometime during the month of September, Lincoln penned the following reflections: The will of God prevails. In great contests each party...will of God. Both may be, and one must be wrong. God can not be for, and against the same thing at the same time. In the present civil war it is quite possible... | |
 | Joshua Wolf Shenk - 2005 - 372 páginas
...secretaries found this undated statement that has come to be known as the "Meditation on the Divine Will." The will of God prevails — In great contests each...will of God. Both may be, and one must be wrong. God can not be for, and against the same thing at the same time. In the present civil war it is quite possible... | |
 | Mark David Ledbetter - 2010 - 505 páginas
...the Emancipation Proclamation, Lincoln pondered its significance and the meaning of the war itself. In great contests each party claims to act in accordance with the will of God. God cannot be for or against the same thing. . . In the present civil war it is quite possible that... | |
 | Matthew S. Holland - 2007 - 340 páginas
...the full text of the memo, which vividly foreshadows the thinking and syntax of his Second Inaugural. The will of God prevails. In great contests each party...will of God. Both may be, and one must be wrong. God can not be for, and against the same thing at the same time. In the present civil war it is quite possible... | |
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The will of God prevails. In great contests each party claims to act in accordance with the will of God. Both may be and one must be wrong. God cannot be for and against the same thing at the same time. In the present civil war it is quite possible that... 
