This they said, and this they meant. They did not mean to assert the obvious untruth that all were then actually enjoying that equality, nor yet that they were about to confer it immediately upon them. In fact, they had no power to confer such a boon.... The Approaching Fury - Page 200by Stephen B. Oates - 2009 - 100 pagesLimited preview - About this book
| Abraham Lincoln, Stephen Arnold Douglas - Campaign literature - 1860 - 348 pages
...they did consider all men created equal— equal in certain inalienable rights, among which are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. This they said,...that all were then actually enjoying that equality, or yet, that they were about to confer it immediately upon them. In fact they had no power to confer... | |
| David W. Bartlett - 1860 - 368 pages
...they did consider all men created equal — equal in certain inalienable rights, among which are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. This they said,...that all were then actually enjoying that equality, or yet, that they were about to confer it immediately upon them. In fact they had no power to confer... | |
| William Dean Howells - Campaign biography - 1860 - 414 pages
...did consider all men created equal — equal with " certain inalienable rights, among which are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness." This they said, and this they meant. They did riot mean to assert the obvious untruth, that all were then actually enjoying that equality, nor yet... | |
| Joseph Hartwell Barrett - 1864 - 544 pages
...inalienable rights, among which are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness." This they said, and this meant. They did not mean to assert the obvious untruth,...equality, nor yet, that they were about to confer it immediately upon them. In fact, they had no power to confer such a boon. They meant simply to declare... | |
| Joseph Hartwell Barrett - Biography & Autobiography - 1865 - 878 pages
...inalienable rights, among which are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness." This they said, and this meant. They did not mean to assert the obvious untruth,...equality, nor yet, that they were about to confer it immediately upon them. In fact, they had no power to confer such a boon. They meant simply to declare... | |
| Frank Crosby - Presidents - 1865 - 480 pages
...inalienable rights, among which are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness/ This they said, and this meant. They did not mean to assert the obvious untruth,...that equality, nor yet that they were about to confer it immediately upon them. In fact, they had no power to confer such a boon. They meant simply to declare... | |
| Joseph Hartwell Barrett - Biography & Autobiography - 1865 - 972 pages
...inalienable rights, among which are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness." This they said, and this meant. They did not mean to assert the obvious untruth,...equality, nor yet, that they were about to confer it immediately upon them. In fact, they had no power to confer such a boon. They meant simply to declare... | |
| Frank Crosby - Presidents - 1865 - 506 pages
...happiness.' This they said, and this meant. They did not mean to assert the obvious untruth, that ull were then actually enjoying that equality, nor yet that they were about to confer it immediately upon them. In fact, they had no power to confer such a boon. They meant simply to declare... | |
| Josiah Gilbert Holland - Biography & Autobiography - 1866 - 574 pages
...respects they did consider all men equal — equal in certain inalienable rights, among which are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. This they said...that equality, nor yet that they were about to confer it upon them. In fact, they had no power to confer such a boon. They meant simply to declare the right,... | |
| J. Arthur Partridge - United States - 1866 - 566 pages
...hair's breadth" And earlier, on October 15th,. 1858, -At Alton, Illinois :— " They (the Fathers) did not mean to assert the obvious untruth, that all were then actually enjoying that equality. They meant simply to declare the right , so that the enforcement of it must follow as fast as circumstances... | |
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