89/98 "O Thou, just Ruler of the world ... we ask help of Thee for our rulers and our people, that we may patiently, resolutely, and with one heart abide our time; for it is indeed a day of darkness and reproach--a day when the high principle of human equity constrained by the remorseless sweep of physical and armed force, must for the moment, succumb under the plastic forms of soft diplomacy" (Russell Papers. 3, 1862).] [Footnote 476: Bancroft, _Seward_, II, 249-53.] [Footnote 477: C.F.Adams, _The Trent Affair. |