...America as it was in 1776. "They meant to set up a standard maxim for free society," Lincoln said, "which should be familiar to all, and revered by all;...value of life to all people of all colors everywhere." By stressing "to all people of all colors everywhere," Lincoln reminded his countrymen that the American...

...the Trial of the Conspirators, comp. Benn Pitman (facsimile ed., 1954), 93. 18. Democracy's Martyr "the happiness and value of life to all people of all colors everywhere, CW, 2:406. 19. Lincoln the War Leader "I claim not to have controlled events . . . ," CW, 7:282; Lincoln...

...meant to set up a standard maxim for free society, which should be familiar to all, and revered by all; constantly . . . spreading and deepening its influence,...happiness and value of life to all people of all colors everywhere."1 In emphasizing the concept of equality as a central theme of the Declaration of Independence...

...constantly approximated, and thereby con stantly spreading and deepening its influence and augmenting th happiness and value of life to all people of all colors everywhere. Th assertion that "all men are created equal" was of no practical use ir effecting our separation from...

...Abraham Lincoln, v. 2, p. 404. Rutgers University Press ( 1953, 1990). [The Declaration of Independence] meant to set up a standard maxim for free society,...value of life to all people of all colors everywhere. "Speech at Springfield, Illinois," June 26, 1857, reprinted in Collected Works of Abraham Linco/n,...

...constantly approximated, and thereby constantly spreading and deepening its in17. Ibid., p. 62. fluence, and augmenting the happiness and value of life to all people of all colors everywhere.18 The Declaration proclaimed equal liberty; the Constitution sanctioned slavery; Lincoln's...

...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...

...authors of the Declaration, Lincoln argued, "meant to set up a standard maxim for free society . . . constantly looked to, constantly labored for, and...life to all people, of all colors, everywhere." (The Lincoln-Douglas Debates of 1858, ed. RW Johannsen [New York, 1965], 304). The various writings of Eric...

...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...value of life to all people of all colors everywhere. (1953, 2:405-6) These remarks and many others of Lincoln on slavery and equality show the influence...

...then actually enjoying that equality, nor yet, that they were about to confer such a boon. They meant to declare the right, so that the enforcement of it...value of life to all people of all colors everywhere. None of this meant, however, that the Republicans favored amalgamation. There was, I admitted, a natural...