 But this momentous question, like a fire-bell in the night, awakened and filled me with terror. I considered it at once as the knell of the Union. It is hushed, indeed, for the moment. But this is a reprieve only, not a final sentence. A geographical...  Lincoln, the Politician - Page 154by T. Aaron Levy - 1918 - 236 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1862 - 822 pages
...North from South as with the clean cut of a knifo. Upon such a division Jefferson remarked long ago, ' A geographical line, coinciding with a marked principle,...will never be obliterated, and every irritation will make it deeper and deeper.' There is a truth in these words which gave the force to this event ; it... | |
 | Thomas Jefferson - 1829 - 552 pages
...me with terror. I considered it at once as the knell of 323 the Union. It is hushed, indeed, for the moment. But this is a reprieve only, not a final sentence....passions of men, will never be obliterated ; and every new irritation will mark it deeper and deeper. 1 can say, with conscious truth, that there is not a... | |
 | Thomas Jefferson - 1829 - 1102 pages
...filled me with terror. I considered it at once as the knell of the Union. It is hushed, indeed, for the moment. But this is a reprieve only, not a final sentence....passions of men, will never be obliterated ; and every new irritation will mark it deeper and deeper. I can say, with conscious truth, that there is not a... | |
 | Thomas Jefferson - 1830 - 550 pages
...filled me with terror. I considered it at once as the knell of the Union. It is hushed, indeed, for the moment. But this is a reprieve only, not a final sentence....coinciding with a marked principle, moral and political, onre conceived and held up to the angry passions of men, will never be obliterated ; and every new... | |
 | B. L. Rayner - 1832 - 568 pages
...filled me with terror. I considered it at once as the knell of the Union. It is hushed, indeed, for the moment. But this is a reprieve only, not a final sentence....passions of men, will never be obliterated ; and every new irration will mark it deeper and deeper. I can say, with conscious truth, that there is not a man... | |
 | 1848 - 738 pages
...filled me with terror. I conquered it at once as the knell of the Union. It is hushed, indeed, for the moment. But this is a reprieve only, not a final sentence....passions of men, will never be obliterated : and every new irritation will mark it deeper and deeper. I can say, with conscious truth, that there is not a... | |
 | 1848 - 594 pages
...us the knell of the Union. It is bushed indeed for the moment, but this is a reprieve only, not the final sentence. A geographical line coinciding with...passions of men, will never be obliterated, and every new irritation will mark it deeper and deeper. I can say with conscious truth, that there is not a... | |
 | 1848 - 624 pages
...as the knell of the Union. It is hushed indeed for the moment, but this is a reprieve only, not the final sentence. A geographical line coinciding with...passions of men, will never be obliterated, and every new irritation will mark it deeper and deeper. I can say with conscious truth, that there is not n... | |
 | 1849 - 604 pages
...filled me with terror. I considered it at once the knell of the Uuiun. It is hushed, indeed, for the moment. But this is a reprieve only, not a final sentence....passions of men, will never be obliterated ; and every new irritation will mark it deeper and deeper. Of one thing I am certain, that as the passage of slaves... | |
 | 1849 - 606 pages
...terror. I considered it at once, the knell of the Union. It is hushed, indeed, for the moment. 13ut this is a reprieve only, not a final sentence. A geographical...passions of men, will never be obliterated ; and every new irritation will mark it deeper and deeper. Of one thing I am certain, that as the passage of slaves... | |
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