What hath God wrought!... In the crucible of disaster and defeat God has stirred the nation, and permitted no permanent victory to crown her banners while she kept her hand upon the trembling slave and held him back from freedom.


Speech in response to Emancipation Proclamation (1863)


What hath God wrought!... In the crucible of disaster and defeat God has stirred the nation, and permitted no permanent victory to crown her banners...

What hath God wrought!... In the crucible of disaster and defeat God has stirred the nation, and permitted no permanent victory to crown her banners...

What hath God wrought!... In the crucible of disaster and defeat God has stirred the nation, and permitted no permanent victory to crown her banners...

What hath God wrought!... In the crucible of disaster and defeat God has stirred the nation, and permitted no permanent victory to crown her banners...