 | Mayo Williamson Hazeltine - 1905 - 460 页
...condition of men, to lift artificial weights from all shoulders, to clear the paths of laudable pursuits for all, to afford all an unfettered start and a fair chance in the race of life," shall tread no step backward. Penetrated and sustained by a conviction that in this contest the Union... | |
 | Gary L. McDowell, L. Sharon Noble, Sharon L. Noble - 1997 - 350 页
...leading object is, to elevate the condition of men — to lift artificial weights from all shoulders — to clear the paths of laudable pursuit for all —...unfettered start, and a fair chance, in the race of life.34 Perhaps the conclusion to be drawn is that the Jeffersonian concept and structure of rights... | |
 | George Anastaplo - 2001 - 392 页
...leading object is, to elevate the condition of men — to lift artificial weights from all shoulders — to clear the paths of laudable pursuit for all —...unfettered start, and a fair chance, in the race of life.508 He immediately adds, in recognition of the compromises that had had to be made in 1776 and... | |
 | Hugh Tulloch - 1999 - 276 页
...leading objective is to elevate the condition of men - to lift artificial weights from all shoulders; to clear the paths of laudable pursuit for all; to...unfettered start, and a fair chance, in the race of life.19 And this spirit of enterprise embraced the military as well as the civilian. Unlike the Confederate... | |
 | Sacvan Bercovitch, Cyrus R. K. Patell - 1994 - 580 页
...world that form and substance of government whose leading object is to elevate the condition of men ... to afford all an unfettered start, and a fair chance in the race of life." Lincoln, in a special 4 July speech to the Congress, 1 86 1 , reminds that "Our popular government... | |
 | Jim F. Watts, Fred L. Israel - 2000 - 416 页
...leading object is to elevate the condition of men — to lift artificial weights from all shoulders; to clear the paths of laudable pursuit for all; to...of the government for whose existence we contend. . It was with the deepest regret that the executive found the duty of employing the war power in defense... | |
 | Harry V. Jaffa - 2004 - 574 页
...whose leading object is to elevate the condition of men; to lift artificial weights from all shoulders; to clear the paths of laudable pursuit for all; to...of the Government for whose existence we contend. Lincoln is constantly refining and perfecting the articulation of that "central idea" that will take... | |
 | Russell Frank Weigley - 2000 - 662 页
...leading object is, to elevate the condition of men — to lift artificial weights from all shoulders — to clear the paths of laudable pursuit for all —...leading object of the government for whose existence we contend.64 When Congress reassembled in December the President reiterated his view "that the insurrection... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Environment and Public Works - 2000 - 182 页
...leading object is to elevate the constitution of men to lift artificial weights from all shoulders to clear the paths of laudable pursuit for all to...an unfettered start, and a fair chance, in the race for life. Mr. Chairman, in closing I reiterate my appreciation to the committee for this opportunity... | |
 | William J. Jackson - 2000 - 300 页
...the world that form and substance of government whose object is to elevate the condition of men ... to afford all an unfettered start, and a fair chance in the race of life."40 Two years later at Gettysburg, the president would express this idea far more majestically... | |
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This is essentially a people's contest. On the side of the Union it is a struggle for maintaining in the world that form and substance of Government whose leading object is to elevate the condition of men ; to lift artificial weights from all shoulders... 
