 | Abraham Lincoln, Don Edward Fehrenbacher - History - 1977 - 292 pages
...President under our national Constitution. During that period fifteen different and greatly distinguished citizens, have, in succession, administered the executive...heretofore only menaced, is now formidably attempted. I hold, that in contemplation of universal law, and of the Constitution, the Union of these States is... | |
 | Bernard L. Brock, Robert Lee Scott, James W. Chesebro - Language Arts & Disciplines - 1989 - 524 pages
...President under our national Constitution. During that period fifteen different and greatly distinguished citizens, have, in succession, administered the executive...generally, with great success. Yet, with all this scope for [of] precedent, I now enter upon the same task for the brief constitutional term of four years, under... | |
 | Thomas W. Benson - Language Arts & Disciplines - 1993 - 272 pages
...President under our national Constitution. During that period fifteen different and greatly distinguished citizens, have, in succession, administered the executive...generally, with great success. Yet, with all this scope for [of] precedent, I now enter upon the same task for the brief constitutional term of four years, under... | |
 | Ward Hill Lamon - Biography & Autobiography - 1999 - 612 pages
...President under our national Constitution. During that period, fifteen different and very distinguished citizens have in succession administered the executive...enter upon the same task, for the brief constitutional terra of four years, under great and peculiar difficulties. A disruption of the Federal Union, heretofore... | |
 | Owen Collins - History - 1999 - 464 pages
...President under our National Constitution. During that period fifteen different and greatly distinguished citizens have in succession administered the executive...generally with great success. Yet, with all this scope of precedent, I now enter upon the same task for the brief constitutional term of four years under... | |
 | Harry V. Jaffa - Presidents - 2004 - 574 pages
...President under our national Constitution. During that period fifteen different and greatly distinguished citizens have, in succession, administered the executive...heretofore only menaced, is now formidably attempted. Lincoln now approaches the theme of our first chapter. Can ballots in all cases succeed bullets as... | |
 | Diane Ravitch - Reference - 2000 - 662 pages
...President under our National Constitution. During that period fifteen different and greatly distinguished citizens have in succession administered the executive...generally with great success. Yet, with all this scope of precedent, I now enter upon the same task for the brief constitutional term of four years under... | |
 | Jim F. Watts, Fred L. Israel - Biography & Autobiography - 2000 - 416 pages
...President under our National Constitution. During that period fifteen different and greatly distinguished citizens have in succession administered the executive...generally with great success. Yet, with all this scope of precedent, I now enter upon the same task for the brief constitutional term of four years under... | |
 | Sabas H. Whittaker M. F. a., Sabas Whittaker, M.F.A. - African Americans - 2003 - 367 pages
...President under our National Constitution. During that period fifteen different and greatly distinguished citizens have in succession administered the executive...generally with great success. Yet, with all this scope of precedent, I now enter upon the same task for the brief constitutional term of four years under... | |
 | Michael Waldman - 363 pages
...President under our National Constitution. During that period fifteen different and greatly distinguished citizens have in succession administered the executive...generally with great success. Yet, with all this scope of precedent, I now enter upon the same task for the brief constitutional term of four years under... | |
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It is seventy-two years since the first inauguration of a President under our National Constitution. During that period fifteen different and greatly distinguished citizens have, in succession, administered the executive branch of the Government. They... 
