 What I do about slavery and the colored race, I do because I believe it helps to save the Union ; and what I forbear, I forbear because I do not believe it would help to save the Union. I shall do less whenever I shall believe that what I am doing hurts...  Complete Works - Page xiiiby Abraham Lincoln - 1894Full view - About this book
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1898 - 300 pages
...because I do not believe it would help to save the Union. I shall do less whenever I shall believe what I am doing hurts the cause, and I shall do more whenever I shall believe doing more will help the cause. I shall try to correct errors when shown to be errors,... | |
 | 1901 - 814 pages
...Greeley letter: " My paramount object is to save the Union, and not either to save or destroy slavery." " I shall do less whenever I shall believe that what...the cause, and I shall do more whenever I believe that doing more will help the cause." " I shall try to correct errors when shown to be errors, and... | |
 | American Bar Association - 1899 - 752 pages
...forbear because I do not believe it will help to save the Union. I shall do less whenever I believe what I am doing hurts the cause, and I shall do more...whenever I believe doing more will help the cause." Mr. Lincoln treated the freeing of the slave as subordinate to the preservation of the Union. A great... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1899 - 196 pages
...because 1 do not believe it would help to save the Union. I shall do less whenever I shall believe what I am doing hurts the cause, and I shall do more whenever I shall believe doing more will help the cause. I shall try to correct errors when shown to be errors,... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1899 - 122 pages
...because I do not believe it would help to save the Union. I shall do Zess, whenever I shall believe what I am doing hurts the cause ; and I shall do more, whenever I shall believe doing more will help the cause. I shall try to correct errors when shown to be errors... | |
 | Norman Hapgood - 1899 - 474 pages
...because I do not believe it would help to save the Union. I shall do less whenever I shall believe what I am doing hurts the cause, and I shall do more whenever I shall believe doing more will help the cause. I shall try to correct errors when shown to be errors,... | |
 | Norman Hapgood - 1899 - 478 pages
...because I do not believe it would help to save the Union. I shall do less whenever I shall believe what I am doing hurts the cause, and I shall do more whenever I shall believe doing more will help the cause. I shall try to correct errors when shown to be errors,... | |
 | Carl Schurz - 1899 - 208 pages
...because I do not believe it would help to save the Union. I shall do less, whenever I shall believe what I am doing hurts the cause ; and I shall do more, whenever I shall believe doing more will help the cause. I shall try to correct errors when shown to be errors... | |
 | William Livingstone - 1900 - 596 pages
...because 1 do not believe it would help to save the Union. "1 shall do less whenever I shall believe what I am doing hurts the cause, and I shall do more...whenever I believe doing more will help the cause." This correspondence occurred about three weeks after Lincoln had shown the first draft of the Emancipation... | |
 | Paul Selby - 1900 - 478 pages
...because I do not believe it would help to save the Union. I shall do less whenever I shall believe what I am doing hurts the cause ; and I shall do more whenever I shall believe doing more will help the cause. I shall try to correct errors when shown to be errors,... | |
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