 I have often inquired of myself what great principle or idea it was that kept this confederacy so long together. It was not the mere matter of the separation of the colonies from the mother land, but that sentiment in the Declaration of Independence,...  The Table Talk of Abraham Lincoln - Page 58by Abraham Lincoln - 1894 - 154 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Stevens Cabot Abbott - United States - 1875 - 574 pages
...long together. It was not the mere matter of the separation of the Colonies from the mother land ; but that sentiment in the Declaration of Independence...liberty, not alone to the people of this country, Twt I hope to the world, for all future time. It was that which gave promise, that, in due time, the... | |
 | Samuel Eliot - United States - 1876 - 542 pages
...raised the American flag over Independence Hall, in Philadelphia, on Washington's birthday, he said, " I have often inquired of myself, what great principle...it was that kept this confederacy so long together ; " he was alluding to the revolution. '•'• It was not the mere matter of the separation of the... | |
 | Samuel Eliot - United States - 1876 - 538 pages
...raised the American flag over Independence Hall, in Philadelphia, on Washington's birthday, he said, " I have often inquired of myself, what great principle...it was that kept this confederacy so long together ; " he was alluding to the revolution. <; It was not the mere matter of the separation of the colonies... | |
 | Russell H. Conwell - 1880 - 386 pages
...the toils that were endured by the officers and soldiers of the army who achieved that independence. I have often inquired of myself what great principle...matter of the separation of the colonies from the mother land, but that sentiment in the Declaration of Independence, which gave liberty, not alone to... | |
 | Russell H. Conwell - Presidents - 1881 - 430 pages
...the toils that were endured by the officers and soldiers of the army who achieved that independence. I have often inquired of myself what great principle...matter of the separation of the colonies from the mother land, but that sentiment in the Declaration of Independence, which gave liberty, not alone to... | |
 | Rufus Blanchard - Chicago (Ill.) - 1881 - 812 pages
...Hgnecl eighty -four years before; and on that occasion he gave utterance to these remarkable words: "I have often inquired of myself, what great principle...that kept this confederacy so long- together. It, was something in the Declaration of Independence, giving1 Liberty not only to the people of this country,... | |
 | James Abram Garfield - Presidents - 1882 - 842 pages
...the toils that were endured by the officers and soldiers of the army who achieved that independence. I have often inquired of myself what great principle...matter of the separation of the Colonies from the mother land, but that sentiment in the Declaration of Independence which gave liberty, not alone to... | |
 | United States - 1890 - 918 pages
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 | Benjamin La Fevre - Political parties - 1884 - 532 pages
...politically, that did not spring from the sentiments embodied in the Declaration of Independence. ******** "It was not the mere matter of the separation of the...the Declaration of Independence, which gave liberty, noi alone to the people of this country, but, ] hope, to the world for all future time. It was that... | |
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