 | John P. Diggins - 1986 - 430 pages
...continue. Thus Lincoln invokes what the humanists had dismissed as superstition — the wrath of God: The Almighty has His own purposes. "Woe unto the world...offenses! for it must needs be that offense come; but woe to that man by whom the offense cometh." If we shall suppose that American slavery is one of those... | |
 | Roger G. Betsworth - 1990 - 220 pages
...alike. Therefore, in his second inaugural, Lincoln spoke against the single vision of the crusaders: The Almighty has His own purposes. "Woe unto the world because of offenses! for it must needs be that offenses come; but woe to that man by whom the offense cometh." . . . Fondly do we hope, fervently... | |
 | Garry Wills - 1992 - 324 pages
...weary and resigned: The prayer of both could not be answered; that of neither has been answered fully. The Almighty has his own purposes. "Woe unto the world because of offenses! For it must needs be that offenses come; but woe to that man by whom the offense cometh!" [SW 2.687] Four sentences follow, three... | |
 | William J. Federer, William Joseph Federer - 1994 - 868 pages
...be not judged. The prayers of both could not be answered. That of neither has been answered fully. The Almighty has His own purposes. "Woe unto the world because of offenses; for it must needs be that offenses come, but woe to that man by whom the offense cometh." If we shall suppose that American slavery... | |
 | James Hutchinson Smylie - 1996 - 188 pages
...be not judged. The prayers of both could not be answered; that of neither has been answered fully. The Almighty has His own purposes. "Woe unto the world because of offenses! For it must needs be that offenses come; but woe to that man by whom the offense cometh!" If we shall suppose that American Slavery... | |
 | Alexandra Hanson-Harding - 1997 - 92 pages
...faces, but let us judge not, that we be not judged. The prayers of both could not be answered fully. The Almighty has His own purposes. "Woe unto the world because of offenses; for it must needs be that offenses come, but woe to that man by whom the offense cometh." If we shall suppose that American slavery... | |
 | Fletcher Pratt - 1997 - 466 pages
...not be answered. That of neither has been answered fully." A short burst of laughter quickly died. "The Almighty has His own purposes. 'Woe unto the...world because of offenses; for it must needs be that offenses come, but woe to that man by whom the offense cometh.' If we shall suppose that American slavery... | |
 | Richard C. Sinopoli - 1996 - 456 pages
...not judged. The prayers of both could not be answered; — that of neither has been answered fully. The Almighty has His own purposes. "Woe unto the world because of offenses! for it must needs be that offenses come; but woe to that man by whom the offense cometh!" If we shall suppose that American Slavery... | |
 | Jay Monaghan - 1997 - 538 pages
...not judged. The prayers of both could not be answered — that of neither has been answered fully. "The Almighty has his own purposes. 'Woe unto the...world because of offenses ! for it must needs be that offenses come ; but woe to that man by whom the offense cometh.' If we shall suppose that American... | |
 | Conrad Cherry - 1998 - 428 pages
...be not judged. The prayers of both could not be answered. That of neither has been answered fully. The Almighty has His own purposes. "Woe unto the world because of offenses; for it must needs be that offenses come, but woe to that man by whom the offense cometh." If we shall suppose that American slavery... | |
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The Almighty has his own purposes. ' Woe unto the world because of offenses! for it must needs be that offenses come; but woe to that man by whom the offense cometh. 
