 Neither anticipated that the cause of the conflict might cease with, or even before, the conflict itself should cease. Each looked for an easier triumph, and a result less fundamental and astounding. Both read the same Bible, and pray to the same God;...  A Thousand and One Gems of English Prose - Page 4361872 - 534 pagesFull view - About this book
 | James Harrison Kennedy - 1888 - 694 pages
...to the same God, and each invokes His aid against the other. It may seem strange that any man should ask a just God's assistance in wringing their bread...answered fully. The Almighty has his own purposes. 4 Woe unto the world because of offenses, for it must needs be that offenses come; but woe unto that... | |
 | Orville T. Bright, James Baldwin - 1889 - 524 pages
...bread from the sweat of other men's faces. But let us judge not, that we be not judged. The prayer of both* could not be answered. That of neither has...offences ! for it must needs be that offences come ; but woe to that man by whom the offence cometh !" 55 If we shall suppose that American slavery is... | |
 | John George Nicolay, John Hay - 1890 - 558 pages
...of the whole population were colored slaves, not distributed generally over the Union, but localized in the Southern part of it. These slaves constituted...has his own purposes. "Woe unto the world because of offenses! for it must needs be that offenses come ; but woe to that man by whom the offense cometh."... | |
 | William T. Alexander - 1800 - 662 pages
...territorial enlargement of it. * * * Both read in the same Bible and prayed to the same God, and each invoked His aid against the other. It may seem strange that...answered fully. The Almighty has his own purposes. ***** "If we shall suppose that American slavery is one of those offenses, which in the Providence... | |
 | John George Nicolay, John Hay - 1890 - 554 pages
...Both read the same Bible, and pray to thd same God ; and each invokes his aid against the other, lit may seem strange that any men should dare to ask a...his own purposes. " Woe unto the world because of offenses ! for it must needs be that offenses come; but woe to that man by whom the offense cometh."... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1890 - 454 pages
...pray to the same God ; and each invokes His aid against the other. It may seem strange that any man should dare to ask a just God's assistance in wringing...has His own purposes. "Woe unto the world because of offenses, for it must needs be that offenses come^but woe to that man by whom the offense eometl^IIjj... | |
 | John George Nicolay, John Hay - 1890 - 568 pages
...aid against the other. It may seem strange that any men should dare to ask a just God's assistanee in wringing their bread from the sweat of other men's...Almighty has his own purposes. "Woe unto the world beeause of offenses! for it must nceds be that offenses eome ; but woe to that man by whom the offense... | |
 | 1892 - 140 pages
...Second Inaugural, which certainly owes nothing to the Romans (oftener Spaniards) of the Decadence. Neither party expected for the war the magnitude or...answered fully. The Almighty has his own purposes. At this point we may pause, for we need no further demonstration of the indebtedness of English prose... | |
 | Henry Clay Whitney - 1892 - 772 pages
...pray to the same God, and each invokes His aid against the other. It may seem strange that any man should dare to ask a just God's assistance in wringing...offences, for it must needs be that offences come ; but woe to the man by whom the offence cometh." If we shall suppose that American slavery is one... | |
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