 | George B. Herbert - United States - 1884 - 422 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...appreciate this. It is worthy of note that while in this, the Government's hour of trial, large numbers of those in the army and navy who have been favored... | |
 | John Robert Irelan - Presidents - 1888 - 718 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...appreciate this. It is worthy of note that, while in this the Government's hour of trial large numbers of those in the army and navy who have been favored... | |
 | John Robert Irelan - Presidents - 1888 - 648 pages
...whose 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...the Government for whose existence we contend." I think the question is fairly and properly stated by the President, that it is a struggle whether the... | |
 | James Harrison Kennedy - Presidents - 1888 - 694 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... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - Slavery - 1890 - 454 pages
...whose 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...appreciate this. It is worthy of note that, while in this, the government's hour of trial, large numbers of those in the army and navy who have been favored... | |
 | John George Nicolay, John Hay - United States - 1890 - 564 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...appreciate this. It is worthy of note, that while in this the Government's hour of trial large numbers of those in the army and navy who have been favored... | |
 | Charles Wallace French - Biography & Autobiography - 1891 - 412 pages
...condition of man ; to lift artificial weights from all shoulders ; to clear the paths of laudable pursuits for all ; to afford all an unfettered start and a...the plain people understand and appreciate this." The Congress, which met July 4, was a noteworthy assembly. Many seats were vacant and the deliberations... | |
 | Henry Jarvis Raymond, Francis Bicknell Carpenter - Presidents - 1891 - 424 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 ;...unfettered start and a fair chance in the race of Jife. Yielding to partial and temporary departures, from necessity, this i» the leading object of... | |
 | John Torrey Morse (Jr.) - 1893 - 410 pages
...and substance of government whose leading object is to elevate the condition of men ... to afford to all an unfettered start and a fair chance in the race of life. . . . This is the leading object of the government for whose existence we contend. I am most happy... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - Illinois - 1894 - 448 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...appreciate this. It is worthy of note that while in this, the government's hour of trial, large numbers of those in the army and navy who have been favored... | |
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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... 
