 | James Ford Rhodes - United States - 1895 - 686 pages
...contest," he declared. "The leading object of the government for whose existence we contend " is " to afford all an unfettered start and a fair chance in the race of life." Such a government the secessionists aim to overthrow, and "the plain people understand and appreciate... | |
 | United States. President - United States - 1897 - 858 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... | |
 | United States. President - Presidents - 1897 - 818 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... | |
 | United States. President - Presidents - 1897 - 792 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...for whose existence we contend. I am most happy to lielieve that the plain people understand and appreciate this. It is worthy of note that while in this... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1898 - 300 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... | |
 | United States. War Department - Confederate States of America - 1899 - 1040 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... | |
 | Norman Hapgood - Presidents - 1899 - 474 pages
...object is to elevate the condition of men — to lift artificial weights from all shoulders. . . . I am most happy to believe that the plain people understand...appreciate this. It is worthy of note that while in this, the government's time of trial, large numbers of those in the army and navy who had been favored... | |
 | Norman Hapgood - Presidents - 1899 - 478 pages
...object is to elevate the condition of men — to lift artificial weights from all shoulders. . . . I am most happy to believe that the plain people understand...appreciate this. It is worthy of note that while in this, the government's time of trial, large numbers of those in the army and navy who had been favored... | |
 | Ida Minerva Tarbell - 1900 - 276 pages
...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...of the government for whose existence we contend. . . . " Our popular government has often been called an experiment. Two points in it our people have... | |
 | Ida Minerva Tarbell - 1900 - 278 pages
...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...of the government for whose existence we contend. . . . " Our popular government has often been called an experiment. Two points in it our people have... | |
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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... 
