 | David Herbert Donald, Harold Holzer - Biography & Autobiography - 2005 - 462 pages
...tried, against the new and untried? We stick to, contend for the identical old policy on the point in controversy which was adopted by our fathers who framed...scout, and spit upon that old policy, and insist upon submitting something new. True, you disagree among yourselves as to what that substitute shall be.... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - History - 1989 - 844 pages
...tried, against the new and untried? We stick to, contend for, the identical old policy on the point in controversy which was adopted by "our fathers who...yourselves as to what that substitute shall be. You are divided on new propositions and plans, but you are unanimous in rejecting and denouncing the old... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - American literature - 1862 - 506 pages
...tried, against a new and untried? We stick to, contend for, the identical old policy on the point in controversy which was adopted by "our fathers who...True, you disagree among yourselves as to what that subtitute shall be. You are divided on new propositions and plans, but you are unanimous in rejecting... | |
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But you say you are conservative — eminently conservative — while we are revolutionary, destructive, or something of the sort. What is conservatism? Is it not adherence to the old and tried, against the new and untried? We stick to, contend for, the... 
