...Lyceum, Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865), the 16th President of the United States (1861-1865), advocated, "Let reverence for the laws, be breathed by every...and in colleges; — let it be written in Primers, spelling books, and Almanacs; — let it be preached from the pulpit, proclaimed in legislative halls,...

...the least particular the laws of the country; and never to tolerate their violation by others . . . Let reverence for the laws, be breathed by every American...lisping babe, that prattles on her lap — let it he taught in schools, in seminaries, and in colleges; — let it be written in Primers, spelling books,...

...on the blood of his father. . . Let reverence for the laws, be breathed by every American mother... let it be taught in schools, in seminaries, and in colleges; let it be written in Primers, spelling books and in Almanacs; let it be preached from the pulpit, proclaimed in legislative halls,...

...tolerate their violation by others."2 Lincoln waxed eloquent in this speech about obedience to law. "Let reverence for the laws, be breathed by every...schools, in seminaries, and in colleges; ... let it be preached from the pulpit, proclaimed in legislative halls, and enforced in courts of justice." In short,...

...didactic power of the law. In an 1838 speech Abraham Lincoln declared, "Let reverence for the laws ... be taught in schools in seminaries, and in colleges; let it be written in Primmers, spelling books, and in Almanacs; - let it be preached from the pulpit, proclaimed in legislative...

...in the profession when he spelled out his devotion for the law. In an 1838 Lyceum Address, he said, "Let reverence for the laws be breathed by every American...lisping babe that prattles on her lap — let it be preached from the pulpit, proclaimed in legislative halls, and enforced in courts of justice. And in...

...example, Abraham Lincoln, in one of his earliest published speeches, said of respect for the laws: "[L]et it be taught in schools, in seminaries, and in colleges; let it be written in primers, spelling books, and in almanacs; let it be preached from the pulpit, proclaimed in legislative halls,...

...reverence for the constitution and the laws." This shared intellectual inheritance, Lincoln urged, might be breathed by every American mother, to the lisping babe, that prattles on her lap—let it be taught in schools, in seminaries, and in colleges;—let it be written in Primmers,...

...Lyceum, Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865), the 16th President of the United States (1861-1865), advocated, "Let reverence for the laws, be breathed by every...seminaries, and in colleges; - let it be written in Primers, spelling books, and Almanacs; - let it be preached from the pulpit, proclaimed in legislative halls,...

...trample on the blood of his father, and to tear the character of his own, and his children's liberty. Let reverence for the laws be breathed by every American...and in colleges; — let it be written in Primers, spelling books, and in Almanacs; — let it be preached from the pulpit, proclaimed in legislative...