 | 1910 - 964 Seiten
...the close of the war he expressed the same feeling quite as explicitly and solemnly: 'We had, I was satisfied, sacred principles to maintain and rights...do our best, even if we perished in the endeavor.' As we read these passionate confessions of faith, we almost come to look upon Lee as one of the great... | |
 | John William Jones - 1875 - 586 Seiten
...defend, for which we were in duty bound to do our best, even if we perished in the endeavor 1 ' " These were, as nearly as I can recall them, the exact words of General Lee on that most critical occasion. Yon see in them the soul of the man. What his conscience dictated and his judgment... | |
 | Lee Memorial Association - 1883 - 92 Seiten
...our independence, unless foreign powers, directly or indirectly, assisted us." But said he, " We had sacred principles to maintain and rights to defend,...do our best, even if we perished in the endeavor." And now that this belief was verified, he declared : " I did only what my duty demanded. I could have... | |
 | Lee Memorial Association - 1883 - 92 Seiten
...our independence, unless foreign powers, directly or indirectly, assisted us." But said he, " "We had sacred principles to maintain and rights to defend,...do our best, even if we perished in the endeavor." And now that this belief was verified, he declared : " I did only what my duty demanded. I could have... | |
 | Armistead Lindsay Long, Marcus Joseph Wright - 1886 - 760 Seiten
...directly or indirectly, assist us But such considerations really made with me no difference. We had, I was satisfied, sacred principles to maintain and rights...them, the exact words of General Lee on that most critical occasion. You see in them the soul of the man. What his conscience dictated and his judgment... | |
 | James Longstreet - 1895 - 808 Seiten
...indirectly, assist us. ... But such considerations really make with me no difference. We had, I was satisfied, sacred principles to maintain, and rights...them, the exact words of General Lee on that most critical occasion. You see in them the soul of the man. Where his conscience dictated and his judgment... | |
 | John Brown Gordon - 1903 - 516 Seiten
...the surrender, to the apparent hopelessness of our cause, used these immortal words: " We had, I was satisfied, sacred principles to maintain and rights...do our best, even if we perished in the endeavor." There were those, a few years ago, who were especially devoted to the somewhat stereotyped phrase that... | |
 | John Brown Gordon - 1903 - 518 Seiten
...considerations really made no difference with me." And then he uttered those memorable words: "We had, I was satisfied, sacred principles to maintain and rights...which we were in duty bound to do our best, even if wo perished in the endeavor." This great soldier understood the spirit which led the officers in that... | |
 | Pierce Butler - 1906 - 472 Seiten
...cause, and who, accepting the issue as it was decided, still believe with General Lee, "we had . . . sacred principles to maintain and rights to defend,...do our best, even if we perished in the endeavor. " " The Confederate States, ' ' wrote Benjamin,1 " have now for nearly four years resisted the utmost... | |
 | John William Jones - 1906 - 502 Seiten
...hoped they would so regard it. But such considerations really made with me no difference. We had, I was satisfied, sacred principles to maintain and rights...defend, for which we were in duty bound to do our Eest, even if we perished in the endeavor." These were, as nearly as I can recall them, the exact words... | |
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We had, I was satisfied, sacred principles to maintain and rights to defend, for which we were in duty bound to do our best, even if we perished in the endeavor. 
