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" This is essentially a people's contest. 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... "
Life of Abraham Lincoln: Presenting His Early History, Political Career, and ... - Page 264
by Joseph Hartwell Barrett - 1864 - 510 pages
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President Lincoln; Self-pourtrayed

John Malcolm Forbes Ludlow - Presidents - 1866 - 264 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," he continued : — " Our popular Government has often been called an experiment. Two points in it our...
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The Making of the American Nation: Or, The Rise and Decline of Oligarchy in ...

J. Arthur Partridge - United States - 1866 - 566 pages
...leading object is to elevate the condition ofmen, — to lift artificial weights from all shoulders, — to afford all an unfettered start, and a fair chance in the race of life." " I am most happy to believe that the plain people understand and appreciate this. * * ISTot one common...
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The Old Guard: A Monthly Journal Devoted to the Principles of 1776 ..., Volume 1

United States - 1863 - 302 pages
...leading object is to elevate the condition of men ; to lift artificial weights from all shoulders; to clear the paths of laudable pursuit for all ; to...of the Government for Whose existence we contend. " It will be perceived that, in the first clause of this extract!, Mr. Lincoln alludes to the phrase...
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Proceedings of the ... Annual Encampment

Grand Army of the Republic. Department of Pennsylvania - Pennsylvania - 1927 - 244 pages
...shoulders, to clear the paths of laudable pursuits for all, to afford all a fair chance in the race of life. This is the leading object of the government for whose existence we contend." Great words ! And t<r accomplish that purpose in our national life the Civil War was inevitable. It...
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Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of Ohio, Volume 102

Ohio. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1922 - 848 pages
...[of government] is to elevate the condition of men — to lift artificial weights from all shoulders; to clear the paths of laudable pursuit for all; to...unfettered start, and a fair chance in the race of life." Not much monopoly in this. This is the plain phrase of the people put into their organic law and interpreted...
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The Life, Public Services and Select Speeches of Rutherford B. Hayes

James Quay Howard - Biography & Autobiography - 1876 - 278 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," shall tread no step backward. Penetrated and sustained by a conviction that in this contest the Union...
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Life and Public Services of Gov. Rutherford B. Hayes: By Russell H. Conwell

Russell H. Conwell - Biography & Autobiography - 1876 - 352 pages
...to lift artificial weights from all shoulders, to clear the paths of laudable pursuits for all, and to afford all an unfettered start and a fair chance in the race of life ' — shall tread no more steps backward. I shall enter upon my part of the labors of the canvass,...
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History of the Rise and Fall of the Slave Power in America, Volume 3

Henry Wilson - Antislavery movements - 1877 - 814 pages
...lift artificial weights from all shoulders, to clear the paths of laudable pursuit for all, to offer all an unfettered start and a fair chance in the race...of the government for whose existence we contend." Reminding Congress that " the plain people " understood and appreciated the contest, he said, " It...
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A Critical Review of American Politics

Charles Reemelin - Political Science - 1881 - 670 pages
...condition of men, to lift artificial weights from all shoulders, to clear the paths of laudable pursuit of all, to afford all an unfettered start and a fair chance in the race of life." Contrast these two democracies—the one striking fetters off from the oppressed ; the other protecting...
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The Political History of the United States of America, During the Great ...

Edward McPherson - United States - 1882 - 680 pages
...leading object is to elevate the condition of men, to '¡ft artificial weights from all shoulders, to clear the paths of laudable pursuit for all, to...unfettered start and a fair chance in the race of li:e. Yielding to partial and (• mporary departures from necessity, this is the leading object of...
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