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" Constitution was the organic law. Was it possible to lose the nation and yet preserve the Constitution ? By general law, life and limb must be protected; yet often a limb must be amputated to save a life; but a life is never wisely given to save a limb. "
The Wisdom of Abraham Lincoln - Page 111
by Abraham Lincoln - 1908 - 117 pages
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The Living Age, Volume 295

Literature - 1917 - 920 pages
...favor of what seems to him much the greater cause. Just so did Lincoln strike a balance when he said: "Was it possible to lose the Nation and yet preserve...but a life is never wisely given to save a limb." Self-Denial. SELF-DENIAL. "And what," I said, "did you do during the Great War, Francesca?" "In the...
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Life of Abraham Lincoln: Presenting His Early History, Political Career, and ...

Joseph Hartwell Barrett - 1864 - 544 pages
...upon me the duty of preserving, by every indispensable .means, that Government — that Nation — of which that Constitution was the organic law. Was...and limb must be protected : yet often a limb must bo amputated to save a life; but a life is never wisely given to save a limb. I feel that measures,...
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The American Conflict: A History of the Great Rebellion in the ..., Volume 2

Horace Greeley - Slavery - 1866 - 842 pages
...imposed upon me the duty of preserving, by every indispensable means, thut Government — that nation, eral announces to the army that tlie operations of...determined that our enemy must either ingloriously Hy or lii'e and limb must be protected ; yet often a limb must be amputated to save a life ; but a life is...
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The Character and Public Services of Abraham Lincoln, President of the ...

William M. Thayer - Campaign literature, 1864 - 1864 - 96 pages
...imposed upon me the duty of preserving, by every indispensable means, that Government, that nation, of which that Constitution was the organic law. Was...lose the nation, and yet preserve the Constitution? 9 By general law, life and limb must be protected. Yet often a limb must be amputated to save a life...
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The Political History of the United States of America, During the Great ...

Edward McPherson - Confederate States of America - 1864 - 462 pages
...Imposed upon me the duty of prc*CTT* ing, by every indispensable moans, that Government — that nation, of which that Constitution was the organic law. Was it possible to lose the nation and yet preserve tb<< Caatutfonf By general law, life and limb must bo protected; yet often a limb must be amputated...
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Life of Abraham Lincoln, Sixteenth President of the United States ...

Frank Crosby - Presidents - 1865 - 506 pages
...imposed upon me the duty of preserving, by every indispensable means, the Government — that Nation — of which that Constitution was the organic law. Was...but a life is never wisely given to save a limb. I feel that measures, otherwise unconstitutional, might become lawful, by becoming indispensable to the...
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Life of Abraham Lincoln: Presenting His Early History, Political Career, and ...

Joseph Hartwell Barrett - Biography & Autobiography - 1865 - 878 pages
...imposed upon me the duty of preserving, by every indispensable means, that Government — that Nation — of which that Constitution was the organic law. Was...but a life is never wisely given to save a limb. I feel that measures, otherwise unconstitutional, might become lawful, by becoming indispensable to the...
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Life of Abraham Lincoln, Sixteenth President of the United States ...

Frank Crosby - Presidents - 1865 - 480 pages
...imposed upon me the duty of preserving, by every indispensable means, the Government — that Nation — of which that Constitution was the organic law. Was...but a life is never wisely given to save a limb. I feel that measures, otherwise unconstitutional, might become lawful, by becoming indispensable to the...
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Life of Abraham Lincoln: Presenting His Early History, Political Career, and ...

Joseph Hartwell Barrett - Biography & Autobiography - 1865 - 972 pages
...imposed upon me the duty of preserving, by every indispensable means, that Government—that Nation — of which that Constitution was the organic law. Was...but a life is never wisely given to save a limb. I feel that measures, otherwise unconstitutional, might become lawful, by becoming indispensable to the...
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Life of Abraham Lincoln: Sixteenth President of the United States ...

Frank Crosby - Presidents - 1865 - 498 pages
...imposed upon me the duty of preserving, by every indispensable means, the Government—that Nation—of which that Constitution was the organic law. Was it...but a life is never wisely given to save a limb. I feel that measures, otherwise unconstitutional, might become lawful, by becoming indispensable to the...
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