 | Abraham Lincoln - 1894 - 280 sider
...a government, would do well to consider in deference to what principle it is that he does it; what better he is likely to get in its stead ; whether...necessity, this is the leading object of the government for the existence of which we contend. I am most happy to believe that the plain people understand and... | |
 | George Parker Winship - 1894 - 182 sider
...pressing out of view the rights of men and the authority of the people ? , FIR .VT MESSA GE. 25 Thi^ js essentially a people's contest. On the side of the...people understand and appreciate this. It is worthy to note that while in this, the government's hour of trial, large numbers of those in the army and... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1894 - 854 sider
...that form and substance of government whose leading object is to elevate the condition of men — to lift artificial weights from all shoulders ; to clear...that the plain people understand and appreciate this, ft is worthy of note that while in this, the government's hour of trial, large numbers of those in... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1894 - 782 sider
...that form and substance of government whose leading object is to elevate the condition of men — to lift artificial weights from all shoulders ; to clear...government for whose existence we contend. I am most happv to believe that the plain people understand and appreciate this, ft is worthy of note that while... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1898 - 72 sider
...world that form and substance of government whose leading object is to elevate the condition of men, to lift artificial weights from all shoulders, to clear...leading object of the government for whose existence we contend.3 1. Distinguish between useful and elegant. What word could be more correctly used as the... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1894 - 274 sider
...that form and substance of government whose leading object is to elevate the condition of men, — to lift artificial weights from all shoulders, to clear...necessity, this is the leading object of the government for the existence of which we contend. I am most happy to believe that the plain people understand and... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1894 - 270 sider
...that form and substance of government whose leading object is to elevate the condition of men, — to lift artificial weights from all shoulders, to clear...necessity, this is the leading object of the government for the existence of which we contend. I am most happy to believe that the plain people understand and... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1894 - 444 sider
...condition of men, lift artificial burdens from all shoulders and clear the paths of laudable pursuits for all, to afford all an unfettered start and a fair chance in the race of life. This is the leading object of the Government for whose existence we contend." Many people were impatient... | |
 | William James Potter - 1895 - 474 sider
...condition of men, to lift artificial weights from all shoulders, to clear the paths of laudable pursuits for all, to afford all an unfettered start and a fair chance in the race of life." None but the Western pioneer, cradled in poverty, and, by his own sturdy hands and the "fair chance"... | |
 | James Ford Rhodes - 1895 - 686 sider
...contest," he declared. "The leading object of the government for whose existence we contend " is " to afford all an unfettered start and a fair chance in the race of life." Such a government the secessionists aim to overthrow, and "the plain people understand and appreciate... | |
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This is essentially a people's contest. On the side of the Union it is a struggle for maintaining in the world that form and substance of government whose leading object is to elevate the condition of men — to lift artificial weights from all shoulders... 
