 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
 | Abraham Lincoln, Stephen Arnold Douglas - Illinois - 1908 - 627 pages
...meant to set up a standard maxim for free society which should be familiar to all, and revered by all;J constantly looked to, constantly labored for, and...of life to all people, of all colors, everywhere." •Reads: "mean" for "intend." • Omits "respects." There again are the sentiments I have expressed... | |
 | Theodore Roosevelt, Lawrence Fraser Abbott - Political science - 1910 - 249 pages
...immediately upon them. They meant to set up a standard maxim for free society which should be familiar to all — constantly looked to, constantly labored for,...augmenting the happiness and value of life to all people, everywhere. We are bound in honor to refuse to listen to those men who would make us desist from the... | |
 | 1910
...which should be familiar to all — constantly looked to, constantly labored for, and, even'though never perfectly attained, constantly approximated,...augmenting the happiness and value of life to all people, everywhere.' " We are bound in honor to refuse to listen to those men who would make us desist from... | |
 | James Rudolph Garfield - Charities - 1911 - 395 pages
...immediately upon them. They meant to set up a standard maxim for free society which should be familiar to all — constantly looked to, constantly labored for,...augmenting the happiness and value of life to all people, everywhere." We are bound in honor to refuse to listen to those men who would make us desist from the... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln, Stephen Arnold Douglas - Campaign debates - 1912 - 284 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... | |
 | Marion Mills Miller - Civil rights - 1913
...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... | |
 | Theodore Roosevelt - American essays - 1913 - 310 pages
...immediately upon them. They meant to set up a standard maxim for free society which should be familiar to all — constantly looked to, constantly labored for,...augmenting the happiness and value of life to all people, everywhere." We are bound in honor to refuse to listen to those men who would make us desist from the... | |
 | Theodore Roosevelt - 1913
...They meant to set up a standard maxim for free society which should be familiar to all—constantly looked to, constantly labored for, and, even though...augmenting the happiness and value of life to all people, everywhere." We are bound in honor to refuse to listen to those men who would make us desist from the... | |
 | Charles Eliot Norton - Authors, American - 1913 - 510 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 war has given us a right, such as we had not before, to trust in the fidelity... | |
 | Victor Alvin Ketcham - Debates and debating - 1914 - 366 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... | |
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