 Was it possible to lose the nation and yet preserve the Constitution ? By general law, life and limb must be protected ; yet often a limb must be amputated to save a life ; but a life is never wisely given to save a limb. I felt that measures, otherwise...  Macmillan's Magazine - Página 2231865Visualização integral - Acerca deste livro
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1894 - 280 páginas
...I have done no official act in mere deference to my abstract feeling and judgment on slavery. I did understand, however, that my oath to preserve the...of preserving, by every indispensable means, that government—that nation—of which that Constitution was the organic law. Was it possible to lose... | |
 | James Bryce Bryce (Viscount) - 1896 - 576 páginas
...Hodges (4th April 1864), President Lincoln said: " My oath to preserve the Constitution imposed on me the duty of preserving by every indispensable means that government, that nation, of which the Constitution was the organic law. Was it possible to lose the nation and yet preserve the Constitution... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1899 - 110 páginas
...I have done no official act in mere deference to my abstract judgment and feeling on slavery. I did understand, however, that my oath to preserve the...by every indispensable means, that government, that • Hiiiiiviiu " -T-, - ty&^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ - - — -- '^sW^^*H^^B^*K^^ LETTER TO AG HODGES. 75 nation,... | |
 | Albert Bushnell Hart - 1899 - 478 páginas
...5"at¥step'T. ' ' ' ' For Lincoln s of which that Constitution was the organic law. Was it views on possible to lose the nation and yet preserve the Constitution...general law. life and limb must be protected, yet often a i". 12o.— ..' ? , , . ../ , ',.; . For slavery, limb must be amputated to save a life ; but a life... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1900 - 186 páginas
...(April 4, 1864, Letter to AG Hodges— Van Buren, p. 351.) I did understand, however, that the very oath to preserve the Constitution to the best of my...lose the nation and yet preserve the Constitution? * * * I felt that measures otherwise unconstitutional might become lawful by becoming indispensable... | |
 | 1900 - 308 páginas
...annihilating the very thing for which it was contending. His own words are the best:— I understood that my oath to preserve the Constitution to the best...duty of preserving by every indispensable means that Government—that nation, of which that Constitution was the organic law. Was it possible to lose the... | |
 | Joseph Hartwell Barrett, Charles Walter Brown - 1902 - 888 páginas
...my abstract judgment and feeling on slavery. I did understand, however, that my oath to preserve tke Constitution to the best of my ability, imposed upon...of preserving, by every indispensable means, that Government—that Nation — of which that Constitution was the organic law. Was it possible to lose... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1905 - 416 páginas
...I have done no official act in mere deference to my abstract judgment and feeling on slavery. I did understand, however, that my oath to preserve the...of preserving, by every indispensable means, that government—that nation, of which that Constitution was the organic law. Was it possible to lose the... | |
 | John George Nicolay - 1906 - 612 páginas
...I have done no official act in mere deference to my abstract judgment and feeling on slavery. I did understand, however, that my oath to preserve the...the nation and yet preserve the Constitution ? By /.f eeneral law, life and limb must be protected, yet often £' • / b ._- -i.-... — "" .....fl-.i,li-^t^i^.tj... | |
 | 1906 - 434 páginas
...I have done no official act in mere deference to my abstract judgment and feeling on slavery. I did understand, however, that my oath to preserve the...lose the Nation and yet preserve the constitution? I>y general law life and limb must be protected, yet often a limb must be amputated to save a life... | |
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