 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 Constitutional History of the United States - Side 552av Francis Newton Thorpe - 1901Uten tilgangsbegrensning - Om denne boken
 | David W. Bartlett - 1860 - 368 sider
...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. In fact they had no power to confer... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln, Stephen Arnold Douglas - 1860 - 348 sider
...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. In fact they had no power to confer... | |
 | William Dean Howells - 1860 - 414 sider
...did consider all men created equal — equal with " certain inalienable rights, among which are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness." This they said, and this they meant. They did riot mean to assert the obvious untruth, that all were then actually enjoying that equality, nor yet... | |
 | Joseph Hartwell Barrett - 1865 - 972 sider
...inalienable rights, among which are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness." This they said, and this meant. They did not mean to assert the obvious untruth,...such a boon. They meant simply to declare the right, go that the enforcement of it might follow as fast as circumstances should permit. Mr. Lincoln, in... | |
 | Joseph Hartwell Barrett - 1865 - 912 sider
...inalienable rights, among which are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness." This they said, and this meant. They did not mean to assert the obvious untruth,...to confer it immediately upon them. In fact, they hud no power to confer such a boon. They meant simply to declare the right, so that the enforcement... | |
 | Josiah Gilbert Holland - 1866 - 574 sider
...respects they did consider all men equal — equal in certain inalienable rights, among which are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. This they said...equality, nor yet that they were about to confer it upon them. In fact, they had no power to confer such a boon. They meant simply to declare the right,... | |
 | J. Arthur Partridge - 1866 - 566 sider
...hair's breadth" And earlier, on October 15th,. 1858, -At Alton, Illinois :— " They (the Fathers) did not mean to assert the obvious untruth, that all were then actually enjoying that equality. They meant simply to declare the right , so that the enforcement of it must follow as fast as circumstances... | |
 | John George Nicolay, John Hay - 1890 - 522 sider
...did consider all men created equal — equal with "certain inalienable rights, among which are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness." This they...said, and this they meant. They did not mean to assert CHAP. v. the obvious untruth that all were then actually enjoying that equality, nor yet that they... | |
 | John George Nicolay, John Hay - 1890 - 526 sider
...did consider all men created equal — equal with "certain inalienable rights, among which are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness." This they...said, and this they meant. They did not mean to assert CHAP. v. the obvious untruth that all were then actually enjoying that equality, nor yet that they... | |
 | 1901 - 736 sider
...did consider all men created equal — equal im certain inalienable rights, among which are 'life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.' This they said, and this they meant. They did not mea» to assert the obvious untruth ihat all were then actually enjoying that equality, nor yet that... | |
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