 Now, and here, let me guard a little against being misunderstood. I do not mean to say we are bound to follow implicitly in whatever our fathers did. To do so would be to discard all the lights of current experience —to reject all progress — all improvement.  Abraham Lincoln: A History - Page 220by John George Nicolay, John Hay - 1890Full view - About this book
 | William Dean Howells - Campaign biography - 1860 - 414 pages
...Now, and here, let me guard a little against being misunderstood. I do not mean to say we are bound to follow implicitly in whatever our fathers did. To...their great authority, fairly considered and weighed, can not stand; and most surely not in a case whereof we ourselves declare they understood the question... | |
 | David W. Bartlett - 1860 - 368 pages
...Now, and here, let me guard a little against being misunderstood. I do not mean to say we are bound to follow implicitly in whatever our fathers did. To...and policy of our fathers in any case, we should do BO upon evidence so conelusive, and argument so clear, that even their great authority, fairly considered... | |
 | Political parties - 1860 - 268 pages
...Now, and here, let me guard a little against being misunderstood. I do not mean to say we are bound to follow implicitly in whatever our fathers did. To...supplant the opinions and policy of our fathers in auy ca~e, we should do so upon evidence so conclusive, aud argument so clear, that even their great... | |
 | Campaign literature, 1860 - 1860 - 270 pages
...a little against being misunderstood. I do not mean to say we are bound to follow l:ii|)'i..-.: ly in whatever our fathers did. To do so, would be to...would supplant the opinions and policy of our fathers iu atiy c;ic, we should do so upon evidence so conclusive, and argument so clear, that even their great... | |
 | Campaign literature - 1860 - 270 pages
...and here, let me guard a little against being mis«nderatood, I do not mean to say we are bound to follow implicitly in whatever our fathers did. To...of current experience — to reject .all progress — alt improvement. What I do say is, that if we would supplant the opinions and policy of our fathers... | |
 | Campaign literature - 1860 - 292 pages
...Now, and here, let me guard a little against being misanderstood. I do not mean to say we are bound to follow implicitly in whatever our fathers did. To...all the lights of current experience — to reject ail progress— all improvement. What I do say is, that if we would supplant the opinions and policy... | |
 | Campaign literature - 1860 - 266 pages
...Now, and here, let me guard a little against being misjnderstood. I do not mean to say we are bound to follow implicitly in whatever our fathers did. To do so, would be to discard all the lights ot current experience — to reject all progress — all improvement. What I do »ay is, that if we... | |
 | Campaign literature - 1860 - 268 pages
...do not mean to say we are bound to follow implicitly in whatever our fathers did. To do so, would he to discard all the lights of current experience — to reject all progress — all improvement. What 1 do say is, that if we would supplant the opinions and policy of our fathers in any case, we should... | |
 | David Brainerd Williamson - Campaign literature, 1864 - 1864 - 210 pages
..."Now, and here, let me guard a little against being misunderstood. I do not mean to say we are bound to follow implicitly in whatever our fathers did. To...be to discard all the lights of current experience — we reject all progress — all improvement. What I do say is, that if we would supplant the opinions... | |
 | David Brainerd Williamson - Presidents - 1865 - 322 pages
..."Now, and here, let me guard a little against being misunderstood. I do not mean to say we are bound to follow implicitly in whatever our fathers did. To...be to discard all the lights of current experience — we reject all progress — all improvement. What I do say is, that if we would supplant the opinions... | |
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