...Lincoln referred to "the Almighty Ruler of Nations, with His eternal truth and justice . . ." and "... Christianity, and a firm reliance on Him who has never yet forsaken this favored land . . ." Choice (A) is wrong because Lincoln stated, "One section of our country believes slavery is...

..."Intelligence, patriotism, Christianity, and a firm reliance on Him, who has never forsaken this public land, are still competent to adjust, in the best way, all our present difficulty." 38 With rare exceptions—most notably, the Union victories at Gettysburg and Vicksburg that bracketed...

..."perpetual" condition of unity among the states— sustained, as he says in the First Inaugural, by "a firm reliance on Him, who has never yet forsaken this favored land" (4.271). True, he conceded, the political union of the states gives the states constitutional protections...

...his first inaugural address, Lincoln pleaded with the South to reconcile in overtly sectarian terms: "Intelligence, patriotism, Christianity, and a firm reliance on Him, who has never forsaken this public land, are still competent to adjust, in the best way, all our present difficulty."...

...dissatisfied hold the right side in the dispute, there still is no single good reason for precipitate action. Intelligence, patriotism, Christianity, and a firm...adjust in the best way all our present difficulty. In your hands, my dissatisfied fellow countrymen, and not in mine, is the momentous issue of civil...

...dissatisfied hold the right side in the dispute, there is still no single reason for pre cipitate action. Intelligence, patriotism, Christianity, and a firm...competent to adjust, in the best way, all our present difficulties. In your hands, my dissatisfied fellow-countrymen, and not in mine, is the momentous issue...

...position on slavery was right, God would convince federal officials to make the necessary adjustments. "Intelligence, patriotism, Christianity, and a firm...Him, who has never yet forsaken this favored land," he insisted, could best resolve "our present difficulty."256 Despite three years of war, Lincoln told...

...displayed in our favor." 21 Others spoke of God's "guardianship" and "watchful providence," called for a "firm reliance on Him who has never yet forsaken this favored land," and invoked the "continuance of His protection and grace for the future." 22 The notion of a chosen...

...the judgment of this great tribunal of the American people. " l9 Lincoln ended his address saying, "Intelligence, patriotism, Christianity, and a firm...adjust in the best way all our present difficulty. In your hands, my dissatisfied fellow-countrymen, and not in mine, is the momentous issue of civil...

...all, think calmly and well, upon this whole subject. Nothing valuable can be lost by taking time . . . Intelligence, patriotism, Christianity, and a firm...adjust, in the best way, all our present difficulty. In your hands, my dissatisfied fellow countrymen, and not in mine, is the momentous issue of civil...