“Let none falter who thinks he is right, and we may succeed. But if, after all, we shall fail, be it so: we still shall have the proud consolation of saying to our consciences, and to the departed shade of our country's freedom, that the cause approved of our judgment and adored of our hearts, in disaster, in chains, in torture, in death, we never faltered in defending.” IfsThinkingHeartMayStillsCountryCausesFailingProudSucceedJudgmentConscienceDisasterOur CountryChainsTortureShadeConsolationApprovedDeparted Book:The Complete Papers And Writings Of Abraham Lincoln (Biographically Annotated Edition) Source: The Complete Papers And Writings Of Abraham Lincoln (Biographically Annotated Edition)
“Yet much remains To conquer still; peace hath her victories No less renowned then war, new foes arise Threatening to bind our souls with secular chains: Help us to save free conscience from the paw Of hireling wolves whose gospel is their maw.” StillsWarSoulHelpingVictoryConscienceRemainsAriseChainsConquerSecularThreateningFoePawsRenowned Author:John Milton