follow as fast as circumstances should permit. They meant to set up a standard maxim for free society, which should be familiar to all and revered by all ; constantly looked to, constantly labored for, and, even though never perfectly attained, constantly... Life of Abraham Lincoln - Page 159by Josiah Gilbert Holland - 1866 - 544 pagesFull view - About this book
| William Dean Howells - Campaign biography - 1860 - 414 pages
...to confer such a boon. They meant simply to declare the right, so that the enforcement of it might follow as fast as circumstances should permit. They...influence and augmenting the happiness and value of life to all people of all colors everywhere. The assertion that ''all men are created equal," was of... | |
| David W. Bartlett - 1860 - 356 pages
...to confer such a boon. They mea-nt simply to declare the right, so that the enforcement of it might follow as fast as circumstances should permit. " They...for free society which should be familiar to all: constantly looked to, constantly labored for, and even, though never perfectly attained, constantly... | |
| Abraham Lincoln, Stephen Arnold Douglas - Campaign literature - 1860 - 348 pages
...to confer such a boon. They meant simply to declare the right, so that the enforcement of it might follow as fast as circumstances should permit. " They...maxim for free society which should be familiar to all : constantly looked to, constantly labored for, and even, though never perfectly attained, constantly... | |
| Abraham Lincoln - Lincoln-Douglas Debates, Ill., 1858 - 1860 - 280 pages
...of slavery, and establish a perfect social and political equality between negroes and white people. "They meant to set up a standard maxim for free society which should be familiar to all: constantly looked to, constantly labored for, and-even, though never perfectly attained, constantly... | |
| Josiah Gilbert Holland - Biography & Autobiography - 1866 - 556 pages
...to confer such a boon. They meant simply to declare the right, so that the enforcement of it might follow as fast as circumstances should permit. They...influence, and augmenting the happiness and value of life to all people of all colors everywhere." The project of making Kansas a slave state was in full... | |
| J. Arthur Partridge - United States - 1866 - 566 pages
...enjoying that equality. They meant simply to declare the right¡ so that the enforcement of it must follow as fast as circumstances should permit. They...for free society, which should be familiar to all ; constantly looked to, constantly laboured for, and even, though never perfectly attained, constantly... | |
| C. M. Whitman - Orators - 1883 - 1134 pages
...a boon. They meant simply to declare the right, so that the enforcement of it might follow as last as circumstances should permit. "They meant to set...maxim for free society which should be familiar to all ; constantly looked to, constantly labored for, and even, though never perfectly attained, constantly... | |
| Charles Maltby - California - 1884 - 328 pages
...to confer that equality. They meant simply to declare the right, so that the enjoyment of it might follow as fast as circumstances should permit. They...up a standard maxim for free society which should be'familiar to all and be revered by all, constantly looking to, constantly laboring for and even though... | |
| Education - 1885 - 964 pages
...to confer such a boon. They meant simply to declare the right, so that the enforcement of it might follow as fast as circumstances should permit. They...for free society, which should be familiar to all; constantly referred to, constantly labored for, and even, though never perfectly attained, constantly... | |
| John Alexander Logan - Lincoln-Douglas Debates, Ill., 1858 - 1886 - 912 pages
...to confer such a boon. They meant simply to declare'the right, so that the enforcement of it might follow as fast as circumstances should permit. They meant to set up a standard maximum for Free society which should be familiar to all; constantly looked to, constantly labored... | |
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