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" And then there will be some black men who can remember that, with silent tongue, and clenched teeth, and steady eye, and well-poised bayonet, they have helped mankind on to this great consummation; while I fear there will be some white ones, unable to... "
New Englander and Yale Review - Page 338
1889
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Civil War Stories: Comp. from Official Records--Union and Confederate

John Thomas Bell - 1903 - 222 pages
...the bullet, and that they who take such appeal will be sure to lose their case and pay the cost. And then, there will be some black men who can remember that with silent tongue, and clenched teeth, and steady eye, and well-poised bayonet, they have helped mankind on to this great...
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The Golden Age of Black Nationalism, 1850-1925

Wilson Jeremiah Moses - 1988 - 354 pages
...more than fifty years ago by Abraham Lincoln in that noble letter to the Springfield Convention: "And there will be some black men who can remember that with silent tongue and clenched teeth and steady eye and well-poised bayonet, they have helped mankind on to this great...
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Japanese American Evacuation Redress: Hearing Before the ..., Volume 4

United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Administrative Practice and Procedure - 1984 - 518 pages
...motive, even the promise of freedom and, the promise being made, must be kept. And when peace comes there will be some black men who can remember that with silent tongue, and clenched teeth, and steady eye, and well-poised bayonet, they have helped mankind on to this great...
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Japanese-American and Aleutian Wartime Relocation: Hearings Before the ...

United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Administrative Law and Governmental Relations - 1985 - 1034 pages
...promise of freedom. And the promise being made must be kept. And when peace comes," Lincoln concludes, "there will be some black men who can remember that, with silent tongue, that with clenched teeth, and steady eye, and well-poised bayonet, they have helped mankind on to this...
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Japanese-American and Aleutian Wartime Relocation: Hearings Before ..., Volume 4

United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Administrative Law and Governmental Relations - 1985 - 1016 pages
...who can remember that, with silent tongue, that with clenched teeth, and steady eye, and well-poised bayonet, they have helped mankind on to this great consummation; while, I feel there will be some white ones unable to forget that, with malignant heart and deceitful speech,...
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Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era

James M. McPherson - 1988 - 952 pages
...proclamation on purpose to aid you in saving the Union." When this war was won, concluded the president, "there will be some black men who can remember that, with silent tongue, and clenched teeth, and steady eye, and well-poised bayonet, they have helped mankind on to this great...
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Lincoln at Gettysburg: The Words that Remade America

Garry Wills - 1992 - 324 pages
...black "freedom fighters" to white shirkers from all mankind's struggle: And then [when peace comes], there will be some black men who can remember that, with silent tongue, and clenched teeth, and steady eye, and well-poised bayonet, they have helped mankind on to this consummation;...
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Why the Confederacy Lost

Gabor S. Boritt - 1992 - 226 pages
...black men who can remember that, with silent tongue, and clenched teeth, and steady eye, and wellpoised bayonet, they have helped mankind on to this great consummation; while, I fear, there will be some white ones, unable to forget that, with malignant heart, and deceitful speech, they...
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Constitutionalism, Identity, Difference, and Legitimacy: Theoretical ...

Michel Rosenfeld - 1994 - 452 pages
...men who can remember that, with silent tongue, and clenched teeth, and steady eye, and well-poised bayonet, they have helped mankind on to this great consummation; while, I fear, there will be some white ones, unable to forget that, 73 1 LINCOLN, supra note 53 at 316. I* Id. 75...
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Lincoln's Generals

Civil War Institute Gettysburg College Gabor S. Boritt Director - 1994 - 278 pages
...he understood the liberation of the spirit which military participation would bring to the freedmen. "There will be some black men who can remember that with silent tongue, and clenched teeth, and steady eye, and well-poised bayonet, they have helped mankind on to this great...
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