Lincoln: Passages from His Speeches and LettersCentury Company, 1925 - 204 páginas |
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... denying it , and being es- topped from denying it , the con- clusion follows that , the Con- stitution of the United States being the supreme law , no con- stitution or law can interfere with it . It being affirmed in the decision that ...
... denying it , and being es- topped from denying it , the con- clusion follows that , the Con- stitution of the United States being the supreme law , no con- stitution or law can interfere with it . It being affirmed in the decision that ...
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... deny the definitions and axi- oms . The principles of Jefferson are the definitions and axioms of free society . And yet they are denied and evaded , with no small show of success . One dashingly calls them " glitter- ing generalities ...
... deny the definitions and axi- oms . The principles of Jefferson are the definitions and axioms of free society . And yet they are denied and evaded , with no small show of success . One dashingly calls them " glitter- ing generalities ...
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... deny freedom to others de- serve it not for themselves , and , under a just God , cannot long retain it . All honor to Jefferson - to the man who , in the concrete pressure of a struggle for na- tional independence by a single people ...
... deny freedom to others de- serve it not for themselves , and , under a just God , cannot long retain it . All honor to Jefferson - to the man who , in the concrete pressure of a struggle for na- tional independence by a single people ...
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... deny or justify . You say we are sectional . We deny it . That makes an issue ; and the burden of proof is upon you . You produce your proof ; and what is it ? Why , that our party has no ex- your section - gets no istence in votes in ...
... deny or justify . You say we are sectional . We deny it . That makes an issue ; and the burden of proof is upon you . You produce your proof ; and what is it ? Why , that our party has no ex- your section - gets no istence in votes in ...
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... charge of destructiveness against us , are based on the most clear and stable foundations . Again , you say we have made the slavery question more prominent than it formerly was . We deny it . is more prominent , but we 91.
... charge of destructiveness against us , are based on the most clear and stable foundations . Again , you say we have made the slavery question more prominent than it formerly was . We deny it . is more prominent , but we 91.
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