 | Abraham Lincoln - 1898 - 300 páginas
...to the best of my ability imposed upon me the duty of preserving, by every indispensable means, that Government — that Nation — of which that Constitution...but a life is never wisely given to save a limb. I felt that measures otherwise unconstitutional might become lawful by becoming indispensable to the... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant, Sydney Howard Gay, Noah Brooks - 1898 - 874 páginas
...said, was the first care of the President. " Was it posl AG Hodges, April 4, 1864. sible," he asked, "to lose the Nation and yet preserve the Constitution...but a life is never wisely given to save a limb." He added : " When, early in the war, General Fremont attempted military emancipation, I forbade it,... | |
 | Carl Schurz - 1899 - 208 páginas
...to the best of my ability imposed upon me the duty of preserving, by every indispensable means, that government, that nation, of which that Constitution...but a life is never wisely given to save a limb. I felt that measures otherwise unconstitutional might become lawful by becoming indispensable to the... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1899 - 122 páginas
...to the best of my ability imposed upon me the duty of preserving, by every indispensable means, that government, that nation, of which that Constitution...but a life is never wisely given to save a limb. I felt that measures otherwise unconstitutional might become lawful by becoming indispensable to the... | |
 | James Ford Rhodes - 1899 - 624 páginas
...to the best of my ability imposed upon me the duty of preserving, by every indispensable means, that government — that nation — of which that Constitution...but a life is never wisely given to save a limb. I felt that measures I The three words in brackets are Lincoln's, the rest Chase's. See Warden's Chase,... | |
 | Albert Bushnell Hart - 1899 - 484 páginas
...to the best of my ability imposed upon me the duty of preserving, by every indispensable means, that government — that nation, of which that Constitution...but a life is never wisely given to save a limb. I felt that measures otherwise unconstitutional might become lawful by becoming indisBy ABRAHAM LINCOLN... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1899 - 110 páginas
...that • Hiiiiiviiu " -T-, - ty&^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ - - — -- '^sW^^*H^^B^*K^^ LETTER TO AG HODGES. 75 nation, of which that Constitution was the organic...but a life is never wisely given to save a limb. I felt that measures otherwise unconstitutional might become lawful by becoming indispensable to the... | |
 | Albert Bushnell Hart - 1899 - 478 páginas
...5"at¥step'T. ' ' ' ' For Lincoln s of which that Constitution was the organic law. Was it views on possible to lose the nation and yet preserve the Constitution...general law. life and limb must be protected, yet often a i". 12o.— ..' ? , , . ../ , ',.; . For slavery, limb must be amputated to save a life ; but a life... | |
 | 1900 - 308 páginas
...ability imposed upon me the duty of preserving by every indispensable means that Government—that nation, of which that Constitution was the organic...but a life is never wisely given to save a limb. I felt that measures otherwise unconstitutional might become lawful by becoming indispensable to the... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1900 - 186 páginas
...to the best of my ability imposed upon me the duty of preserving, by every indispensable means, that government, that nation of which that Constitution...lose the nation and yet preserve the Constitution? * * * I felt that measures otherwise unconstitutional might become lawful by becoming indispensable... | |
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Constitution was the organic law. Was it possible to lose the nation, and yet preserve the Constitution ? By general law, life and limb must be protected ; yet often a limb must be amputated to save a life, but a life is never wisely given to save a limb. 
