 | John H. Schaar - Political Science - 1981 - 372 pages
...politically that did not spring from the sentiments embodied in the Declaration of Independence. . . .1 have often inquired of myself, what great principle...that kept this confederacy so long together. It was . . . something in that Declaration giving liberty, not alone to the people of this country, but hope... | |
 | Russell Frank Weigley, Nicholas B. Wainwright, Edwin Wolf - History - 1982 - 870 pages
...unless force is used against it." But he also drew cheers and applause when he said at the State House: I have often inquired of myself, what great principle...separation of the colonies from the mother land; but something in that Declaration giving liberty, not alone to the people of this country, but hope to... | |
 | Archibald MacLeish - Poetry - 1985 - 548 pages
...tune — Can drum and trumpet save the Union? What made the Union — held it in its origins together? "I have often inquired of myself what great principle or idea it was . . . It was not the mere matter of the separation from the motherland but something in the Declaration... | |
 | Gary J. Jacobsohn - Law - 1986 - 196 pages
...embodied in the Declaration of Independence."40 He then wondered out loud about what had kept the country together. "It was not the mere matter of the separation of the colonies from the mother land; but something in that Declaration giving liberty, not alone to the people of this country, but hope to... | |
 | David Tucker - United States - 1992 - 36 pages
...nation on the principle that all men were created equal. Devotion to this principle, Lincoln said, "not the mere matter of the separation of the colonies from the mother land," established the nation. But the principle that all men are created equal did more than this. It gave... | |
 | Kenneth Winfred Thompson - Political Science - 1984 - 372 pages
...us together has always had this world mission as one of its components. Abraham Lincoln once said. "I have often inquired of myself, what great principle...matter of the separation of the colonies from the motherland; but something in that Declaration giving liberty, not alone to the people of this country,... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln, G. S. Boritt - Biography & Autobiography - 1996 - 208 pages
...reprinted in Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, v. 3, p. 95. Rutgers University Press (1953, 1990). I have often inquired of myself, what great principle...separation of the colonies from the mother land; but something in that Declaration [of Independence] giving liberty, not alone to the people of this country,... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Governmental Affairs - Political Science - 1996 - 166 pages
...Mr. Chairman. [Applause.] tie prepared statement of Mr. Dart follows:] PREPARED STATEMENT OF MR. DART I have often inquired of myself, what great principle...Confederacy so long together. It was not the mere matter of separation of the colonies from the motherland; but something in that Declaration giving liberty not... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Governmental Affairs - Political Science - 1996 - 176 pages
...liberty and justice for all. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. [Applause.] PREPARED STATEMENT OF MR. DART / have often inquired of myself, what great principle...Confederacy so long together. It was not the mere matter of separation of the colonies from the motherland; but something in that Declaration giving liberty not... | |
 | Frank P. King - Political Science - 1997 - 260 pages
...before in Independence Hall, Philadelphia, in February 1861 on his way from Illinois to Washington: I have often inquired of myself, what great principle...separation of the colonies from the mother land; but something in that Declaration giving liberty, not alone to the people of this country, but hope to... | |
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I have often inquired of myself what great principle or idea it was that kept this Confederacy so long together. It was not the mere matter of the separation of the colonies from the motherland, but that sentiment in the Declaration of Independence which... 
