 At what point, then, is the 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 ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of freemen we must...  Abraham Lincoln: The Prairie Years, - Page 212by Carl Sandburg - 1926Full view - About this book
 | Ward Hill Lamon, Chauncey Forward Black - 1872 - 604 pages
...force, take a drink from the Ohio, or make a track on the Blue Ridge, in a trial of a thousand years ! " At what point, then, is the approach of danger to...we must live through all time, or die by suicide. " I hope I am not over-wary ; but, if I am not, there is even now something of ill-omen amongst us.... | |
 | Ward Hill Lamon - 1872 - 630 pages
...force, take a drink from the Ohio, or make a track on the Blue Ridge, in a trial of a thousand years ! " At what point, then, is the approach of danger to...be expected? I answer, if it ever reach us, it must spriug up amongst us. It cannot come from abroad. If destruction be our lot, •we must ourselves be... | |
 | Charles Wallace French - Presidents - 1891 - 416 pages
...approach of danger to be expected ? I answer, if it ever reaches us, it must spring up among ourselves. It cannot come from abroad. If destruction be our...nation of freemen we must live through all time or die of suicide." He graphically describes the dangers of mob-violence and lawlessness and speaks of the... | |
 | Charles Wallace French - Biography & Autobiography - 1891 - 412 pages
...ourselves and our posterity, and love for our species in general, imperatively require us to perform At what point, then, is the approach of danger to be expected ? I answer, if it ever reaches us, it must spring up among ourselves. It cannot come from abroad. If destruction be our lot,... | |
 | Henry Clay Whitney - Booksellers and bookselling - 1892 - 772 pages
...little singular that he should have enunciated these views as early as January, 1837. He then said : "At what point, then, is the approach of danger to...amongst us. It cannot come from abroad. If destruction bo our lot, we must, ourselves, be its author and finisher. As a nation of freemen we must live through... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - United States - 1894 - 1080 pages
...force take a drink from the Ohio or make a track on the Blue Ridge in a trial of a thousand years. At what point then is the approach of danger to be...we must live through all time, or die by suicide. I hope I am over wary ; but if I am not, there is even now something of ill omen amongst us. I mean... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - Presidents - 1894 - 280 pages
...is the approach of danger to be expected ? I answer, if it ever reaches us, it must spring up among us. It cannot come from abroad. If destruction be...we must live through all time, or die by suicide. There is even now something of ill omen among us. I mean the increasing disregard for law which pervades... | |
 | David Decamp Thompson - Presidents - 1894 - 250 pages
...Ohio, or make a track on the Blue Ridge, in a trial of a thousand years. At what point, then, is this approach of danger to be expected ? I answer, If it ever reach us, it must spring up amongst us. It can not come from abroad. If destruction be our lot, we must ourselves be its author and finisher.... | |
 | David Decamp Thompson - 1894 - 248 pages
...Ohio, or make a track on the Blue Ridge, in a trial of a thousand years. At what point, then, is this approach of danger to be expected ? I answer, If it ever reach us, it must spring up amongst us. It can not come from abroad. If destruction be our lot, we must ourselves be its author and finisher.... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1894 - 270 pages
...force, take a drink from the Ohio, or make a. track on the Blue Ridge, in a trial of a thousand years. At what point, then, is the approach of danger to be expected ? I answer, if it ever reaches us, it must spring up among us. It cannot come from abroad. If destruction be our lot, we must... | |
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