 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
 | Abraham Lincoln - Lincoln-Douglas Debates, Ill., 1858 - 1908 - 744 pages
...did consider all men created equal, — equal in certain inalienable rights, among which are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. This they said,...they had no power to confer such a boon. They meant simply/to declare the right so that the enforcement of it might follow as fast as circumstances should... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - Presidents - 1908 - 214 pages
...which are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness." This they said, and this they meant. They 48 did not mean to assert the obvious untruth that all...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... | |
 | National Republican Club, Republican Club of the City of New York - 1909 - 372 pages
...did consider all men created equal — equal, with certain inalienable rights among which are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. This they said...did not mean to assert the obvious untruth that all men were then actually enjoying that equality, nor that they were about to confer it immediately upon... | |
 | Illinois. Lincoln Centennial Commission - Illinois - 1909 - 244 pages
...did consider all men created equal — equal with certain inalienable rights, among which are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. This they said...did not mean to assert the obvious untruth that all men were then actually enjoying that equality, nor that they were about to confer it immediately upon... | |
 | Republican Club of the City of New York - 1909 - 392 pages
...did consider all men created equal — equal, with certain inalienable rights among which are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. This they said...did not mean to assert the obvious untruth that all men were then actually enjoying that equality, nor that they were about to confer it immediately upon... | |
 | 1910 - 444 pages
...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,...that all were then actually enjoying that equality, or yet that they were about to confer it immediately upon them. They meant to set up a standard maxim... | |
 | Joseph Villiers Denney, Carson Samuel Duncan, Frank Cowen McKinney - Debates and debating - 1910 - 412 pages
...did consider all men created equal — equal in certain inalienable rights, IO among which are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. This they said,...that all were then actually enjoying that equality, or yet, that they were about to confer it immediately upon them. In fact they had no power to confer... | |
 | Theodore Roosevelt, Lawrence Fraser Abbott - Political science - 1910 - 314 pages
...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,...that all were then actually enjoying that equality, or yet that they were about to confer it immediately upon them. They meant to set up a standard maxim... | |
 | James Rudolph Garfield - Charities - 1911 - 444 pages
...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,...that all were then actually enjoying that equality, or yet that they were about to confer it immediately upon them. They meant to set up a standard maxim... | |
 | Marion Mills Miller - Civil rights - 1913 - 434 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... | |
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