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The Moral Authority of Government: Essays to Commemorate the Centennial of ... - Page 92
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Political Debates Between Hon. Abraham Lincoln and Hon. Stephen A. Douglas ...

Abraham Lincoln, Stephen Arnold Douglas - Campaign literature - 1860 - 348 pages
...permit. " They meant to set up a standard maxim for free society which should be familiar to all : constantly looked to, constantly labored for, and...happiness and value of life to all people, of all colors, every where." There again are the sentiments I have expressed in regard to the Declaration of Independence...
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Lives and Speeches of Abraham Lincoln and Hannibal Hamlin

William Dean Howells - Campaign biography - 1860 - 414 pages
...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...happiness and value 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...
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The Life and Public Services of Hon. Abraham Lincoln: With a Portrait on ...

David W. Bartlett - 1860 - 368 pages
...permit. " They meant to set up a standard maxim for free society which should be familiar to all : constantly looked to, constantly labored for, and...happiness and value of life to all people, of all colors, everywhere." There again are the sentiments I have expressed in regard to tlie Declaration of Independence...
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Life of Abraham Lincoln

Josiah Gilbert Holland - 1866 - 572 pages
...to set up a standard maxim for free society, which should be familiar to all and revered by ul I ; constantly looked to, constantly labored for, and,...happiness and value of life to all people of all colors everywhere." The project of making Kansas a slave state was in full progress. The event which Mr. Lincoln...
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Life of Abraham Lincoln

Josiah Gilbert Holland - Biography & Autobiography - 1866 - 574 pages
...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,...happiness and value of life to all people of all colors everywhere." The project of making Kansas a slave state was in full progress. The event which Mr. Lincoln...
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Life of Abraham Lincoln

Josiah Gilbert Holland - Presidents - 1866 - 578 pages
...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,...deepening its influence, and augmenting the happiness and valu* of life to all people of all colors everywhere." The project of making Kansas a slave state was...
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The Making of the American Nation: Or, The Rise and Decline of Oligarchy in ...

J. Arthur Partridge - United States - 1866 - 566 pages
...perfectly attained, constantly approximated, and thereby constantly spreading and deepening its influences, and augmenting the happiness and value of life to all people of every colour, everywhere." — Lincoln. " The incurable defect of all former Federal Governments is,...
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The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine, Volume 34

Josiah Gilbert Holland, Richard Watson Gilder - American literature - 1887 - 984 pages
...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...happiness and value 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...
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Outlook and Independent, Volume 66

1900 - 1070 pages
...should permit. They meant to set uj, a standard maxim fo 'free society which should be familiar to all ; constantly looked to, constantly labored for, and, even though never perfectly attained, constantly approximated,and thereby constantly spreading and deepening its influence and augmenting the happiness...
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Abraham Lincoln: A History, Volume 2

John George Nicolay, John Hay - Presidents - 1890 - 526 pages
...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...happiness and value 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...
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