| William Cullen Bryant, Sydney Howard Gay, Noah Brooks - United States - 1898 - 874 pages
...said, was the first care of the President. " Was it posl AG Hodges, April 4, 1864. sible," 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,... | |
| James Ford Rhodes - United States - 1899 - 624 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 I The three words in brackets are Lincoln's, the rest Chase's. See Warden's Chase,... | |
| Carl Schurz - 1899 - 208 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 - Gettysburg, Battle of, Gettysburg, Pa., 1863 - 1899 - 122 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... | |
| Albert Bushnell Hart - United States - 1899 - 484 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 indisBy ABRAHAM LINCOLN... | |
| Abraham Lincoln - 1899 - 110 pages
...that • Hiiiiiviiu " -T-, - ty&^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ - - — -- '^sW^^*H^^B^*K^^ LETTER TO AG HODGES. 75 nation, of which that Constitution was the organic...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... | |
| Albert Bushnell Hart - History - 1899 - 478 pages
...5"at¥step'T. ' ' ' ' For Lincoln s of which that Constitution was the organic law. Was it views on possible to lose the nation and yet preserve the Constitution...general law. life and limb must be protected, yet often a i". 12o.— ..' ? , , . ../ , ',.; . For slavery, limb must be amputated to save a life ; but a life... | |
| Bookbinding - 1900 - 308 pages
...ability imposed upon me the duty of preserving by every indispensable means that Government—that nation, of which that Constitution was the organic...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 - 1900 - 186 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 felt that measures otherwise unconstitutional might become lawful by becoming indispensable... | |
| 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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