 They meant to set up a standard maxim for free society which should be familiar to all, and revered by all; constantly looked to, constantly labored for, and even though never perfectly attained, constantly approximated, and thereby constantly spreading...  Life of Abraham Lincoln - Page 151by Josiah Gilbert Holland - 1866 - 544 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1901 - 736 pages
...were then actually enjoying that equality, nor yet that they were about to confer it immediately upom them. In fact they had no power to confer such a boon....of life to all people of all colors everywhere. The assertion that 'all men are created equal' was of no practical use in effecting our separation from... | |
 | John George Nicolay, John Hay - Presidents - 1890 - 530 pages
...circumstances should permit. They meant to set up a standard maxim for free society, which shouldT)e familiar . to all, and revered by all; constantly...of life to all people of all colors everywhere. The assertion that "all men are created equal" was of no practical use in effecting our separation from... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1893 - 130 pages
...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...of life to all people of all colors everywhere. The assertion that "all men are created equal " was of no practical use in affecting our separation from... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - Illinois - 1894 - 444 pages
...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...of life to all people, of all colors, everywhere. There, again, are the sentiments I have expressed in regard to the Declaration of Independence upon... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - United States - 1894 - 1080 pages
...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...of life to all people, of all colors, everywhere. There, again, are the sentiments I have expressed in regard to the Declaration of Independence upon... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - Lincoln-Douglas Debates, Ill., 1858 - 1894 - 336 pages
...should permit. " They meant to set up a standard maxim for free society which should be familiar to all, — constantly looked to, constantly labored...of life to all people, of all colors, everywhere." There again are the sentiments I have expressed in regard to the Declaration of Independence upon a... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - Presidents - 1894 - 280 pages
...society, which should be familiar to all and revered by all,—constantly looked to, constantly laboured for, and, even though never perfectly attained, constantly...the happiness and value of life to all people of all colours everywhere. The assertion that" all men are created equal," was of no practical use in effecting... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1894 - 274 pages
...society, which should be familiar to all and revered by all, — constantly looked to, constantly laboured for, and, even though never perfectly attained, constantly...the happiness and value of life to all people of all colours everywhere. The assertion that " all men are created equal," was of no practical use in effecting... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - Campaign debates - 1895 - 584 pages
...to, constantly labored; for, and even, though never perfectly attained, constantly approxi-i mated, and thereby constantly spreading and deepening its...of life to all people, of all colors, everywhere. There again are the sentiments I have expressed in regard to the Declaration of Independence upon a... | |
 | Alexander Johnston - Speeches, addresses, etc., American - 1896 - 452 pages
...them. In fact, they had no power to confer such a boon. They meant simply to declare the right, so that enforcement of it might follow as fast as circumstances...of life to all people of all colors everywhere. The assertion that " all men are created equal " was of no practical use in effecting our separation from... | |
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