 | Robert Henry Browne - United States - 1907 - 662 pages
...to the best of my ability imposed upon me the duty of preserving, by every indispensable means, that Government — that nation, of which that Constitution...but a life is never wisely given to save a limb. I felt that measures, otherwise unconstitutional, might become lawful, by becoming indispensable to the... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1907 - 332 pages
...to the best of my ability imposed upon me the duty of preserving, by every indispensable means, that government — that nation, of which that Constitution...but a life is never wisely given to save a limb. I felt that measures otherwise unconstitutional might become lawful by becoming indispensable to the... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - Aphorisms and apothegms - 1907 - 114 pages
...can not long retain it. MARCH FIRS T Twenty thousand is as much as any man ought to want. SECOND . By general law, life and limb must be protected ;...be amputated to save a life ; but a life is never given merely to save a limb. THIRD Trust to the good sense of the American people. FO U RTH Let us... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln, Don Edward Fehrenbacher - History - 1977 - 292 pages
...the best of my ability, imposed upon me the duty of preserving, by every indispensable means, that government — that nation — of which that constitution...but a life is never wisely given to save a limb. I felt that measures, otherwise unconstitutional, might become lawful, by becoming indispensable to the... | |
 | Charles E. Schutz - Humor - 1977 - 364 pages
...to the best of my ability imposed on me the duty of preserving, by every indispensable means, that government — that nation, of which that Constitution...must be amputated to save a life; but a life is never given to wisely save a limb. I felt that measures otherwise unconstitutional might become lawful by... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln, Paul McClelland Angle, Earl Schenck Miers - United States - 1992 - 692 pages
...the best of my ability, imposed upon me the duty of preserving, by every indispensable means, that government- that nation- of which that Constitution...life; but a life is never wisely given to save a limb. 600 I felt that measures, otherwise unconstitutional, might become lawful, by becoming indispensable... | |
 | Jeffrey Pfeffer - Business & Economics - 1992 - 404 pages
...on me the duty of preserving by everv indispensable means that government, that nation, of which the Constitution was the organic law. Was it possible...lose the nation and yet preserve the Constitution? ... I felt that measures, otherwise unconstitutional, might become lawful by becoming indispensable... | |
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Constitution was the organic law. Was it possible to lose the nation, and yet preserve the Constitution ? By general law, life and limb must be protected ; yet often a limb must be amputated to save a life, but a life is never wisely given to save a limb. 
