 | Abraham Lincoln - Illinois - 1894 - 410 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 - 1894 - 274 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 - United States - 1894 - 854 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 - Presidents - 1894 - 268 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 - Presidents - 1894 - 280 pages
...imposed upon me the duty of preserving, by every indispensable means, that government—that nation—of which that Constitution was the organic law. Was it...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 - 1894 - 182 pages
...older than Methusaleh." LETTER TO JG HODGES, FRANKFORT, KY., APRIL 4, 1864, CONCERNING EMANCIPATION. "Was it possible to lose the nation and yet preserve...but a life is never wisely given to save a limb." OF HUMOR. v£T great deal has been said of Lincoln's keen appreciation of the wit and humor of others... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - Illinois - 1894 - 428 pages
...treated as a wrong. Reply at Jonesboro Debate, Sept. 15, 1858, vol. IV, p. 60. LIFE MORE THAN LIMB By general law, life and limb must be protected, yet...life; but a life is never wisely given to save a limb. Letter to AG Hodges, Apr. 4, 1864, vol. X, p. 66. AN HONEST LAWYER OR Nor AT ALL Let no young man choosing... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - United States - 1894 - 782 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...lose the nation and yet preserve the Constitution t By general law, life and limb must be protected, yet often a limb must be amputated to save a life... | |
 | James Bryce Bryce (Viscount) - United States - 1896 - 576 pages
...on me the duty of preserving by every indispensable means that government, that nation, of which the Constitution was the organic law. Was it possible...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... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant, Sydney Howard Gay, Noah Brooks - United States - 1897 - 874 pages
...country ; the Nation, he said, was the first cave of the President. "Was it possible," he asked, " to lose the Nation and yet preserve the Constitution...but a life is never wisely given to save a limb." He added : " When, early in the war, General Fremont attempted military emancipation, I forbade it,... | |
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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. 
