| Abraham Lincoln - 1896 - 502 pages
...nor frightened from it by menaces, of destruction to the government, nor of dungeons toourselves. Let us have faith that right makes might; and in that faith let us, to the end dare do our duty as we understand it. LINCOLN'S RAIL SPLITTING SPEECH. [Delivered at the Republican... | |
| Phineas Garrett - American literature - 1897 - 940 pages
...its power; Slowly — slowly— hour by hour, That's the way! Just a little every day. Wilcoit. Let us have faith that right makes might; and, in that faith, let us to the end dare to do our duty. Lincoln The man who becomes a successful hyjiocrite has to work at it every day... | |
| Union of American Hebrew Congregations - Jews - 1897 - 918 pages
...sacrifice in a contemptible struggle," or in the memorable saying of our martyred Abraham Lincoln, " Let us have faith that right makes might, and in that faith let us dare to do our duty, as we understand it." While I do not wish to be the harbinger or herald of a lurking... | |
| John Clark Ridpath - Literature - 1898 - 602 pages
...him a lasting reputation throughout the country and the world, closing with the ringing words: "Let us have faith that right makes might, and in that faith let us to the end dare to do our duty as we understand it." In May following, the Republican National Convention nominated... | |
| Abraham Lincoln - 1898 - 300 pages
...nor frightened from it by menaces of destruction to the Government, nor of dungeons to ourselves. Let us have faith that right makes might, and in that faith let us to the end dare to do our duty as we understand it. EXTRACT FROM HARTFORD SPEECH. (Delivered March j-, 1860.)... | |
| Charles Noble - American literature - 1898 - 460 pages
...passage which lifted the discussion to the realm of morals, ending with the famous sentence : " Let us have faith that right makes might, and in that faith let us, to the end, dare to do our duty as we understand it." Then came the election, the secession of the Southern States,... | |
| James Ricklef - Body, Mind & Spirit - 2004 - 244 pages
...eyes, but with the mind; And therefore is wing'd Cupid painted blind." —William Shakespeare 6. "Let us have faith that right makes might; and in that faith let us dare to do our duty as we understand it." —Abraham Lincoln 7. "We shape clay into a pot, but it is... | |
| Doris Kearns Goodwin - Biography & Autobiography - 2006 - 945 pages
...radical Republicans in the audience were captivated. When he came to the dramatic ending pledge — "LET US HAVE FAITH THAT RIGHT MAKES MIGHT, AND IN THAT FAITH, LET US, TO THE END, DARE TO DO OUR DUTY AS WE UNDERSTAND IT" — the audience erupted in thunderous applause. After Lincoln... | |
| Jason Porterfield - History - 2004 - 68 pages
...audience to resist efforts to expand slavery into the territories and to restrict it to the South. "Let us have faith that right makes might, and in that faith, let us, to the end, dare to do our duty as we understand it," he concluded. Lincoln's speech helped him to gain ground... | |
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