 | Abraham Lincoln - Illinois - 1894 - 444 pages
...condition of men, lift artificial burdens from all shoulders and clear the paths of laudable pursuits for all, to afford all an unfettered start and a fair chance in the race of life. This is the leading object of the Government for whose existence we contend." Many people were impatient... | |
 | William James Potter - Sermons, American - 1895 - 474 pages
...condition of men, to lift artificial weights from all shoulders, to clear the paths of laudable pursuits for all, to afford all an unfettered start and a fair chance in the race of life." None but the Western pioneer, cradled in poverty, and, by his own sturdy hands and the "fair chance"... | |
 | James Ford Rhodes - United States - 1895 - 702 pages
...contest," he declared. "The leading object of the government for whose existence we contend " is " to afford all an unfettered start and a fair chance in the race of life." Such a government the secessionists aim to overthrow, and "the plain people understand and appreciate... | |
 | James Ford Rhodes - United States - 1895 - 686 pages
...contest," he declared. "The leading object of the government for whose existence we contend " is " to afford all an unfettered start and a fair chance in the race of life." Such a government the secessionists aim to overthrow, and "the plain people understand and appreciate... | |
 | James Ford Rhodes - United States - 1895 - 686 pages
...contest," he declared. " The leading object of the government for whose existence we contend " is " to afford all an unfettered start and a fair chance in the race of life." Such a government the secessionists aim to overthrow, and " the plain people understand and appreciate... | |
 | United States. President - United States - 1897 - 858 pages
...condition of men; to lift artificial weights from all shoulders; to clear the paths of laudable pursuit for all; to afford all an unfettered start and a fair...plain people understand and appreciate this. It is worthy of note that while in this the Government's hour of trial large numbers of those in the Army... | |
 | United States. President - Presidents - 1897 - 818 pages
...condition of men; to lift artificial weights from all shoulders; to clear the paths of laudable pursuit for all; to afford all an unfettered start and a fair...plain people understand and appreciate this. It is worthy of note that while in this the Government's hour of trial large numbers of those in the Army... | |
 | United States. President - Presidents - 1897 - 792 pages
...condition of men; to lift artificial weights from all shoulders; to clear the paths of laudable pursuit for all; to afford all an unfettered start and a fair...for whose existence we contend. I am most happy to lielieve that the plain people understand and appreciate this. It is worthy of note that while in this... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1898 - 300 pages
...condition of men — to lift artificial weights from all shoulders ; to clear the paths of laudable pursuit for all ; to afford all an unfettered start, and a...plain people understand and appreciate this. It is worthy of note that while in this, the Government's hour of trial, large numbers of those in the army... | |
 | United States. War Department - Confederate States of America - 1899 - 1040 pages
...condition of men — to lift artificial weights from all shoulders; to clear the paths of laudable pursuit for all; to afford all an unfettered start and a fair...plain people understand and appreciate this. It is worthy of note that while in this, the Government's hour of trial, large numbers of those in the Army... | |
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On the side of the Union it is a struggle for maintaining in the world that form and substance of government whose leading object is to elevate the condition of men; to lift artificial weights from all shoulders; to clear the paths of laudable pursuit... 
