. The speeches of Abraham Lincoln . as-ion. As our case is new, so we must think anew andact anew. We must disenthrall ourselves, and then weshall save our country. Fellow-citizens, we cannot escape history. We ofthis Congress and this administration will be remem-bered in spite of ourselves. No personal significanceor insignificance can spare one or another of us. Thefiery trial through which we pass will light us down,in honor or dishonor, to the latest generation. We saywe are for the Union. The world will not forget thatwe say this. We know how to save the Union. Theworld knows we do know
. The speeches of Abraham Lincoln . as-ion. As our case is new, so we must think anew andact anew. We must disenthrall ourselves, and then weshall save our country. Fellow-citizens, we cannot escape history. We ofthis Congress and this administration will be remem-bered in spite of ourselves. No personal significanceor insignificance can spare one or another of us. Thefiery trial through which we pass will light us down,in honor or dishonor, to the latest generation. We saywe are for the Union. The world will not forget thatwe say this. We know how to save the Union. Theworld knows we do know how to save it. We—evenwe here—hold the powe^ and bear the giving freedom to the slave, we assure freedom tothe free—honorable alike in what we give and whatwe preserve. We shall nobly save or meanly losethe last, best hope of earth. Other means may suc-ceed; this could not fail. The way is plain, peace-ful, generous, just—a way which, if followed, the worldwill forever applaud, and God must forever
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