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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. "
Life of Abraham Lincoln, Sixteenth President of the United States ... - Page 272
by Frank Crosby - 1865 - 476 pages
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The national government. The state governments

James Bryce Bryce (Viscount) - United States - 1900 - 758 pages
...that nation, of which the Constitution was the organic law. Was it possible to lose the natiou ami yet preserve the Constitution? By general law life and limb must be protected, yet often a limb must lie amputated to save a life, but. a life is never wisely given to save a limb. I felt that measures,...
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The Anglo-Saxon Review, Volume 7

Bookbinding - 1900 - 282 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...
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Abraham Lincoln: With Twenty-four Illustrations

William Eleroy Curtis - 1902 - 482 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...
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A Short Life of Abraham Lincoln: Condensed from Nicolay & Hay's Abraham ...

John George Nicolay - Presidents - 1902 - 604 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...
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Letters and Addresses of Abraham Lincoln ...

Abraham Lincoln - United States - 1903 - 460 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...
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Letters and Addresses of Abraham Lincoln ...

Abraham Lincoln - United States - 1903 - 394 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...
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History of the United States from the Compromise of 1850 to the Final ...

James Ford Rhodes - United States - 1906 - 622 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 1 The three words in brackets are Lincoln's, the rest Chase's. Sen Warden's Chase,...
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The Writings of Abraham Lincoln: 1832-1843

Abraham Lincoln - American literature - 1905 - 354 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...
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A Short Life of Abraham Lincoln

John George Nicolay - Presidents - 1906 - 612 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...the nation and yet preserve the Constitution ? By /.f eeneral law, life and limb must be protected, yet often £' • / b ._- -i.-... — "" .....fl-.i,li-^t^i^.tj...
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Memorial Day Annual

Memorial Day - 1906 - 434 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? I>y general law life and limb must be protected, yet often a limb must be amputated to save a life...
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