 | Gabor S. Boritt - 1992 - 273 Seiten
...Constitution," and the ordinary "liberties of the people." The war was for "the original idea" of America "which gave promise that in due time the weights should...all men, and that all should have an equal chance." 1S Lincoln also suggested, as early as 1838, that the Revolution, for all its achievements, inevitably... | |
 | Norman Solomon - 1992 - 312 Seiten
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 | G. S. Boritt - 1994 - 418 Seiten
...Revolutionary theme. He still spoke with "deep emotion," and now the press reported his completed thought: "It was that which gave promise that in due time the...shoulders of all men, and that all should have an equal chance."20 One suspects that remembering "away back," Lincoln exaggerated the clarity of his youthful... | |
 | William Hanchett - 1994 - 172 Seiten
...to the people of this country, but hope to the world for all future time." The Declaration had given promise "that in due time the weights should be lifted...all men, and that all should have an equal chance." Could the country be saved on the basis ofthat promise? he asked. "If it can, I will consider myself... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Labor and Human Resources - 1994 - 148 Seiten
...Declaration giving liberty, not alone to the people of this country, but hope to the world for all future time. It was that which gave promise that in due time the weights should be lifted from the shoulder* of all men, and that all should have an equal chance. This is the sentiment embodied in that... | |
 | Kenneth Winfred Thompson - 1984 - 372 Seiten
...Declaration giving liberty, not alone to the people of this country, but hope to the world for all future time. It was that which gave promise that in due time the weights should be lifted from tbe shoulders of all men, and that all should have an equal chance. This is the sentiment emhodied... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Governmental Affairs - 1996 - 176 Seiten
...Declaration giving liberty not alone to the people of this country, out hope to the world for all future time. It was that which gave promise that in due time...all men, and that all should have an equal chance. — Abraham Lincoln The paramount goal of the United States was set long ago. It is to guard the rights... | |
 | Philip Abbott - 1996 - 302 Seiten
..."often inquired of myself what was the "great principle or idea" of the Document and concluded that "it was that which gave promise that in due time the...from the shoulders of all men, and that all should be given an equal chance."71 The president-elect, of course, has discovered the secret of the Declaration... | |
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It was not the mere matter of the separation of the colonies from the motherland, but that sentiment in the Declaration of Independence which gave liberty not alone to the people of this country, but hope to all the world, for all future time. It was... 
