 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 approximated, and thereby constantly spreading...  Life of Abraham Lincoln - Page 151by Josiah Gilbert Holland - 1866 - 544 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Dean Howells - Campaign biography - 1860 - 414 pages
...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...of life to all people of all colors everywhere. The assertion that ''all men are created equal," was of no practical use in effecting our separation from... | |
 | David W. Bartlett - Campaign literature - 1860 - 368 pages
...should permit. " They meant to set up a standard maxim for free society which should be familiar to all : constantly looked to, constantly labored for,...of life to all people, of all colors, everywhere." There again are the sentiments I have expressed in regard to tlie Declaration of Independence upon... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln, Stephen Arnold Douglas - Campaign literature - 1860 - 346 pages
...should permit. " They meant to set up a standard maxim for free society which should be familiar to all : constantly looked to, constantly labored for,...happiness and value of life to all people, of all colors, every where." There again are the sentiments I have expressed in regard to the Declaration of Independence... | |
 | Josiah Gilbert Holland - 1866 - 570 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...full progress. The event which Mr. Lincoln had so distinctlyprophesied — the formation of a pro-slavery constitution by unfair means and alien agents... | |
 | J. Arthur Partridge - History - 1866 - 566 pages
...perfectly attained, constantly approximated, and thereby constantly spreading and deepening its influences, and augmenting the happiness and value of life to all people of every colour, everywhere." — Lincoln. " The incurable defect of all former Federal Governments is,... | |
 | Literature - 1887 - 984 pages
...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...of life to all people of all colors everywhere. The assertion that ' all men are created equal ' was of no practical use in effecting our separation from... | |
 | 1900 - 1070 pages
...to, constantly labored for, and, even though never perfectly attained, constantly approximated,and thereby constantly spreading and deepening its influence...life to all people of all colors, everywhere. The leaders of present-day Republicanism are not engaged in an attempt to "approximate " more and more... | |
 | John George Nicolay, John Hay - United States - 1890 - 522 pages
...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...of life to all people of all colors everywhere. The assertion that "all men are created equal " was of no practical use in effecting our separation from... | |
 | John George Nicolay, John Hay - United States - 1890 - 526 pages
...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...of life to all people of all colors everywhere. The assertion that "all men are created equal " was of no practical use in effecting our separation from... | |
 | 1901 - 736 pages
...were then actually enjoying that equality, nor yet that they were about to confer it immediately upom them. In fact they had no power to confer such a boon....of life to all people of all colors everywhere. The assertion that 'all men are created equal' was of no practical use in effecting our separation from... | |
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