Search Images Maps Play YouTube News Gmail Drive More »
Sign in
Books Books
" 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 Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine - Page 219
edited by - 1887
Full view - About this book

Political Debates Between Hon. Abraham Lincoln and Hon. Stephen A. Douglas ...

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...
Full view - About this book

The Life and Public Services of Hon. Abraham Lincoln: With a Portrait on ...

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...
Full view - About this book

Lives and Speeches of Abraham Lincoln and Hannibal Hamlin

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...
Full view - About this book

Life of Abraham Lincoln: Presenting His Early History, Political Career, and ...

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,...such a boon. They meant simply to declare the right, go that the enforcement of it might follow as fast as circumstances should permit. Mr. Lincoln, in...
Full view - About this book

Life of Abraham Lincoln: Presenting His Early History, Political Career, and ...

Joseph Hartwell Barrett - Presidents - 1865 - 902 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,...to confer it immediately upon them. In fact, they hud no power to confer such a boon. They meant simply to declare the right, so that the enforcement...
Full view - About this book

Life of Abraham Lincoln

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...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,...
Full view - About this book

The Making of the American Nation: Or, The Rise and Decline of Oligarchy in ...

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...
Full view - About this book

Abraham Lincoln: A History, Volume 2

John George Nicolay, John Hay - Presidents - 1890 - 526 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 not mean to assert CHAP. v. the obvious untruth that all were then actually enjoying that equality, nor yet that they...
Full view - About this book

Abraham Lincoln: A History, Volume 2

John George Nicolay, John Hay - Presidents - 1890 - 522 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 not mean to assert CHAP. v. the obvious untruth that all were then actually enjoying that equality, nor yet that they...
Full view - About this book

The Arena, Volume 25

1901 - 736 pages
...did consider all men created equal — equal im certain inalienable rights, among which are 'life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.' This they said, and this they meant. They did not meať to assert the obvious untruth ihat all were then actually enjoying that equality, nor yet that...
Full view - About this book




  1. My library
  2. Help
  3. Advanced Book Search
  4. Download EPUB
  5. Download PDF