 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
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1901 - 262 pages
...them. In fact, they had no power to confer such a boon. They meant simply to declare the right, so that enforcement of it might follow as fast as circumstances...value of life to all people of all colors everywhere. practical use in effecting our separation from Great Britain ; and it was placed in the Declaration... | |
 | Francis Newton Thorpe - Constitutional history - 1901 - 718 pages
...a boon. They meant simply to declare the right, so that the enforcement of it might follow as faat as circumstances should permit. They meant to set...of life to all people of all colors everywhere. The assertion that 'all men are created equal' was of no practical value in effecting our separation from... | |
 | Moorfield Storey - Imperialism - 1901 - 56 pages
...believe exactly in the statement of Lincoln : — =" The authors of the Declaration of Independence meant to set up a standard maxim for free society,...value of life to all people of all colors everywhere." You speak of the " large utterances " of the Declaration, and you said, when we met, that, if we desired... | |
 | Marshall Everett - United States - 1901 - 568 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." "WITH CHARITY FOR ALL," WAS HIS CREED. "With charity for all and malice toward none" was his creed,... | |
 | Francis Newton Thorpe - Constitutional history - 1901 - 724 pages
...and revered by all; constantly looked to, constantly labored for, and even though never per fectly attained, constantly approximated, and thereby constantly...of life to all people of all colors everywhere. The assertion that 'all men are created equal' was of no practical value in effecting our separation from... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - United States - 1903 - 460 pages
...them. In fact, they had no power to confer such a boon. They meant simply to declare the right, so that enforcement of it might follow as fast as circumstances...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... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - United States - 1903 - 394 pages
...them. In fact, they had no power to confer such a boon. They meant simply to declare the right, so that enforcement of it might follow as fast as circumstances...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... | |
 | Charles Edward Merriam - Political Science - 1903 - 392 pages
...was intended to be, and in fact is, a fundamental principle to serve as an ideal for free society, " constantly looked to, constantly labored for, and...value of life to all people of all colors everywhere." 1 Not only is it to serve as an ideal toward which men should struggle, but it is also to prevent a... | |
 | Craven Laycock, Robert Leighton Scales - Debates and debating - 1904 - 382 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 the Declaration of Independence upon... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - American literature - 1905 - 350 pages
...them. In fact, they had no power to confer such a boon. They meant simply to declare the right, so that enforcement of it might follow as fast as circumstances...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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