 | United States. Congress. House. Committee on National Security - 1997 - 804 Seiten
...of five sons who were lost on the field of battle: I cannot refrain from tendering to you the things of the Republic they died to save. I pray that our...and the solemn pride that must be yours to have laid so costly a sacrifice upon the alter of freedom. It is time to get America back on track. Thank you... | |
 | Jay Monaghan - 1997 - 538 Seiten
...of five sons reported lost in battle. Who but Lincoln could have written a distraught war mother : "I pray that our Heavenly Father may assuage the anguish...and the solemn pride that must be yours to have laid so costly a sacrifice upon the altar of freedom." Such plain language needed no musical accompaniment,... | |
 | Louise Bachelder - 1997 - 76 Seiten
...from the grief of a loss so overwhelming. But I cannot refrain from tendering to you the consolation that may be found in the thanks of the Republic they...and the solemn pride that must be yours to have laid so costly a sacrifice upon the altar of freedom. — [Letter to Mrs. Bixby, November 21, 1864] I could... | |
 | William C. Davis - 1999 - 330 Seiten
...from the grief of a loss so overwhelming. But I cannot refrain from tendering to you the consolation that may be found in the thanks of the Republic they...the solemn pride that must be yours, to have laid so costly a sacrifice upon the altar of Freedom. The president would only have felt gladness if he... | |
 | J. G. Randall, Richard N. Current, Richard Nelson Current - 1999 - 460 Seiten
...from the grief of a loss so overwhelming. But I cannot refrain from tendering to you the consolation that may be found in the thanks of the Republic they...the solemn pride that must be yours, to have laid so costly a sacrifice upon the altar of Freedom. Yours very sincerely and respectfully, A. Lincoln.8... | |
 | Daniel Kilham Dodge - 2000 - 84 Seiten
...the cherished memory of the loved and lost, and the solemn pride that must be yours to have laid so costly a sacrifice upon the altar of freedom. Yours very sincerely and respectfully, AEKAHAM LINCOLN."' The letters of the early period of Lincoln's life require no special comment. Most... | |
 | 1910 - 538 Seiten
...you from the grief of a loss so overwhelming. But I cannot refrain from tendering you the consolation that may be found in the thanks of the Republic they...and the solemn pride that must be yours to have laid so costly a sacrifice upon the altar of freedom." And there are thousands upon thousands of such noble... | |
 | David J Eicher - 2002 - 992 Seiten
...from the grief of a loss so overwhelming. But I cannot refrain from tendering to you the consolation that may be found in the thanks of the Republic they...the solemn pride that must be yours, to have laid so costly a sacrifice upon the altar of Freedom." The letter has been bathed in some controversy because... | |
 | Robert A. Fletcher, Robert B. Fletcher - 2002 - 156 Seiten
...from the grief of a loss so overwhelming. But I cannot refrain from tendering to you the consolation that may be found in the thanks of the Republic they...and the solemn pride that must be yours to have laid so costly a sacrifice upon the altar of freedom. Yours very sincerely and respectfully, Abraham Lincoln... | |
 | Franklin Aretas Haskell - 2002 - 128 Seiten
...from the grief of a loss so overwhelming. But I cannot refrain from tendering to you the consolation that may be found in the thanks of the Republic they...and the solemn pride that must be yours to have laid so costly a sacrifice upon the altar of freedom. Yours very sincerely and respectfully, ABRAHAM LINCOLN,... | |
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I pray that our heavenly Father may assuage the anguish of your bereavement, and leave you only the cherished memory of the loved and lost, and the solemn pride that must be yours to have laid so costly a sacrifice upon the altar of freedom. 
