Complete Works of Abraham Lincoln, Volume 8Lincoln Memorial University, 1894 |
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Page v
... tion . Eternal wisdom marshals the great pro- cession of the nations , working in patient con- tinuity through the ages , never halting and never abrupt , encompassing all events in its oversight , and ever effecting its will , though ...
... tion . Eternal wisdom marshals the great pro- cession of the nations , working in patient con- tinuity through the ages , never halting and never abrupt , encompassing all events in its oversight , and ever effecting its will , though ...
Page vii
... tion of the natural equality of all men . She intrusted the guardianship of established rights to law , the movements of reform to the spirit of the people , and drew her force from the happy reconciliation of both . Republics had ...
... tion of the natural equality of all men . She intrusted the guardianship of established rights to law , the movements of reform to the spirit of the people , and drew her force from the happy reconciliation of both . Republics had ...
Page x
... tion of the slave - trade would bring with it the gradual abolition of slavery ; but the expecta- tion was doomed to disappointment . In sup- porting incipient measures for emancipation , Jefferson encountered difficulties greater than ...
... tion of the slave - trade would bring with it the gradual abolition of slavery ; but the expecta- tion was doomed to disappointment . In sup- porting incipient measures for emancipation , Jefferson encountered difficulties greater than ...
Page xv
... tion ; " and on this theory , if on any , the con- test might have been left to the decision of time . The South started back in appallment from its victory , for it knew that a fair competition foreboded its defeat . But where could it ...
... tion ; " and on this theory , if on any , the con- test might have been left to the decision of time . The South started back in appallment from its victory , for it knew that a fair competition foreboded its defeat . But where could it ...
Page xvi
... tion , against the memory of the nation , against a previous decision , against a series of enact- ments , he decided that the slave is property ; that slave property is entitled to no less protec- tion than any other property ; that ...
... tion , against the memory of the nation , against a previous decision , against a series of enact- ments , he decided that the slave is property ; that slave property is entitled to no less protec- tion than any other property ; that ...
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