 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. I felt that measures, otherwise unconstitutional, might become lawful by becoming indispensable to the...  Abraham Lincoln: His Life and Public Services - Page 97by Mrs. P. A. Hanaford - 1865 - 216 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Literature - 1917 - 920 pages
...so did Lincoln strike a balance when he said: "Was it possible to lose the Nation and yet preserve the Constitution? By general law life and limb must...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... | |
 | 1865 - 810 pages
...of which that Constitution was the organic law. Was it possible to lose the nation and yet preserve the Constitution ? By general law, life and limb must...becoming indispensable to the preservation of the Constitution, through the preservation of the nation. Bight or wrong, I assumed this ground, and now... | |
 | Henry Jarvis Raymond - United States - 1864 - 514 pages
...of which that Constitution was the organic law. Was it possible to lose the nation and yet preserve the Constitution ? By general law, life and limb must...becoming indispensable to the preservation of the Constitution, through the preservation of the nation. Right or wrong, I assumed tliis ground, and now... | |
 | Henry Jarvis Raymond - History - 1864 - 492 pages
...of which that Constitution was the organic law. Was it possible to lose the nation and yet preserve the Constitution ? By general law, life and limb must...becoming indispensable to the preservation of the Constitution, through the preservation of the nation. Right or wrong, I assumed this ground, and now... | |
 | James Edward Murdoch, Thomas Buchanan Read - Patriotic poetry, American - 1864 - 200 pages
...nation—of which that Constitution was the organic law. Was it possible to lose the nation and yet preserve the Constitution ? " By general law, life and limb...becoming indispensable to the preservation of the Constitution, through the preservation of the nation. Right or wrong, I assumed this ground, and now... | |
 | Horace Greeley - Slavery - 1866 - 842 pages
...organic law. Was it possible to lose the nation and yet preserve the Constitution ? By general law, lii'e t from behind his defenses and give us hnttle on Constitution, through the preservation of the nation. Right or wrong, I assumed this ground, and now... | |
 | William M. Thayer - Campaign literature, 1864 - 1864 - 96 pages
...Constitution was the organic law. Was it possible to lose the nation, and yet preserve the Constitution? 9 By general law, life and limb must be protected. Yet...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... | |
 | Edward McPherson - Confederate States of America - 1864 - 462 pages
...Caatutfonf By general law, life and limb must bo protected; yet often a limb must be amputated to aare a life ; but a life is never wisely given to save a limb. I felt that matures, otherwise unconstitutional, might become lawful, by becoming indispensable to the preservation... | |
 | Joseph Hartwell Barrett - 1864 - 544 pages
...of which that 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 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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