 This they said, and this they meant. They did not mean to assert the obvious untruth that all were then actually enjoying that equality, nor yet that they were about to confer it immediately upon them. In fact they had no power to confer such a boon....  The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine - Page 2191887Full view - About this book
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...they did consider all men created equal — equal in certain inalienable rights, among which are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. This they said, and this they meant. They did hot mean to assert the obvious untruth, that all men were actually enjoying that equality, or yet,... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - American literature - 1905 - 350 pages
...did consider all men created equal — equal with "certain inalienable rights, among which are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness." This they...boon. They meant simply to declare the right, so that enforcement of it might follow as fast as circumstances should permit. They meant to set up a standard... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - Lincoln-Douglas Debates, Ill., 1858 - 1905 - 350 pages
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 | Abraham Lincoln - Lincoln-Douglas Debates, Ill., 1858 - 1905 - 362 pages
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 | Memorial Day - 1906 - 434 pages
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 | Abraham Lincoln - Devotional calendars - 1907 - 410 pages
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 | Abraham Lincoln - United States - 1907 - 738 pages
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 | Illinois - 1908 - 702 pages
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 | 1908 - 670 pages
...did consider all men created equal — equal with "certain inalienable rights, among which are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness." This they...boon. They meant simply to declare the right, so that enforcement of it might follow as fast as circumstances should permit. From a letter to a friend —... | |
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