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20 VII THE RIGHT OF SELF - GovERNMENT 26 30 vu MEANING OF THE
DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE IX “ A HOUSE DIVIDED AGAINST ITSELF
CANNOT STAND " 34 36 X RESISTANCE TO THE SuPREME COURT XI
REPEAL OF ...
20 VII THE RIGHT OF SELF - GovERNMENT 26 30 vu MEANING OF THE
DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE IX “ A HOUSE DIVIDED AGAINST ITSELF
CANNOT STAND " 34 36 X RESISTANCE TO THE SuPREME COURT XI
REPEAL OF ...
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PAGE The DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE . 50 XIV THE DRED SCOTT
DECISION 53 xv THE WRONG OF SLAVERY 58 XVI THE PRINCIPLES FERSON
OF Jef70 XVII A LOOK INTO THE FUTURE 74 XVIII AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL 79
XIX ...
PAGE The DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE . 50 XIV THE DRED SCOTT
DECISION 53 xv THE WRONG OF SLAVERY 58 XVI THE PRINCIPLES FERSON
OF Jef70 XVII A LOOK INTO THE FUTURE 74 XVIII AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL 79
XIX ...
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He was speaking of the moral sentiment , the sentiment of equality , in the
Declaration of Independence . “ That , " he said , “ is the electric chord in that
Declaration , that links the hearts of patriotic and liberty - loving men together ,
that will link ...
He was speaking of the moral sentiment , the sentiment of equality , in the
Declaration of Independence . “ That , " he said , “ is the electric chord in that
Declaration , that links the hearts of patriotic and liberty - loving men together ,
that will link ...
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What I do say is that no man is good enough to govern another man without that
other's consent . I say this is the leading principle , the sheetanchor , of American
republicanism . MEANING OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE From ...
What I do say is that no man is good enough to govern another man without that
other's consent . I say this is the leading principle , the sheetanchor , of American
republicanism . MEANING OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE From ...
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MEANING OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE From a speech
delivered at Springfield , Illinois , June 26 , 1857 . CHIEF JUSTICE TANEY , in his
opinion in the Dred Scott case , admits that the language of the Declaration is
broad ...
MEANING OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE From a speech
delivered at Springfield , Illinois , June 26 , 1857 . CHIEF JUSTICE TANEY , in his
opinion in the Dred Scott case , admits that the language of the Declaration is
broad ...
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Página 198 - ... Massachusetts that you are the mother of five sons who have died gloriously on the field of battle. I feel how weak and fruitless must be any words of mine which should attempt to beguile you from the grief of a loss so overwhelming. But I cannot refrain from tendering to you the consolation that may be found in the thanks of the Republic they died to save. I pray that our heavenly Father may assuage the anguish of your bereavement, and leave you only the cherished memory of the loved and lost,...
Página 126 - I, therefore, consider that, in view of the Constitution and the laws, the Union is unbroken, and to the extent of my ability I shall take care, as the Constitution itself expressly enjoins upon me, that the laws of the Union be faithfully executed in all the States.
Página 134 - At the same time the candid citizen must confess that if the policy of the government, upon vital questions, affecting the whole people...
Página xli - Without the assistance of that Divine Being who ever attended him, I cannot succeed. With that assistance, I cannot fail. Trusting in Him who can go with me, and remain with you, and be everywhere for good, let us confidently hope that all will yet be well. To His care commending you, as I hope in your prayers you will commend me, I bid you an affectionate farewell.
Página xl - Here I have lived a quarter of a century, and have passed from a young to an old man. Here my children have been born, and one is buried. I now leave, not knowing when or whether ever I may return, with a task before me greater than that which rested upon Washington.
Página 176 - When you first reached the vicinity of Vicksburg, I thought you should do what you finally did — march the troops across the neck, run the batteries with the transports, and thus go below ; and I never had any faith, except a general hope that you knew better than I, that the Yazoo Pass expedition and the like could succeed. When you got below and took Port Gibson, Grand Gulf, and vicinity, I thought you should go down the river and join General Banks, and when you turned northward, east of the...
Página 201 - Both parties deprecated war, but one of them would make war rather than let the nation survive, and the other would accept war rather than let it perish. And the war came.
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Página 134 - I do not forget the position, assumed by some, that constitutional questions are to be decided by the Supreme Court; nor do I deny that such decisions must be binding, in any case, upon the parties to a suit, as to the object of that suit, while they are also entitled to very high respect and consideration in all parallel cases by all other departments of the government.
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| Título | Lincoln: Passages from His Speeches and Letters |
| Autor | Abraham Lincoln |
| Colaborador | Richard Watson Gilder |
| Editor | Century Company, 1901 |
| Procedencia del original | Universidad de Harvard |
| Digitalizado | 10 Ago. 2006 |
| Largo | 204 páginas |
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