Complete works of Abraham Lincoln . that we are in Baltimore,we cannot fail to note that the worldmoves. Looking upon these many people as-sembled here to serve, as they best may, the sol-diers of the Union, it occurs at once that threeyears ago the same soldiers could not so much aspass through Baltimore. The change fromthen till now is both great and on the brave men who have wroughtthe change, and the fair women who strive toreward them for it! But Baltimore suggests more than could hap-pen within Baltimore. The change within Bal-timore is part only of a far wider chang
Complete works of Abraham Lincoln . that we are in Baltimore,we cannot fail to note that the worldmoves. Looking upon these many people as-sembled here to serve, as they best may, the sol-diers of the Union, it occurs at once that threeyears ago the same soldiers could not so much aspass through Baltimore. The change fromthen till now is both great and on the brave men who have wroughtthe change, and the fair women who strive toreward them for it! But Baltimore suggests more than could hap-pen within Baltimore. The change within Bal-timore is part only of a far wider the war began, three years ago, neitherparty, nor any man, expected it would last tillnow. Each looked for the end, in some way,long ere to-day. Neither did any anticipatethat domestic slavery would be much affected bythe war. But here we are; the war has notended, and slavery has been much affected—•how much needs not now to be recounted. So Lincoln Monument, Springfield, after the Design of Larkni G. 1864] Address at Sanitary Fair *]^ true is it that man proposes and God disposes. But we can see the past, though we may notclaim to have directed it; and seeing it, in thiscase, we feel more hopeful and confident for thefuture. The world has never had a good definition ofthe word liberty, and the American people, justnow, are much in want of one. We all declarefor liberty; but in using the same word we donot all mean the same thing. With some theword liberty may mean for each man to do ashe pleases with himself, and the product of hislabor; while with others the same word maymean for some men to do as they please withother men, and the product of other mens are two, not only different, but incompati-ble things, called by the same name, it follows that each of the things is, by therespective parties, called by two different and in-compatible names—liberty and tyranny. The shepherd drives the wolf from the sheepsthroat, for w
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