 Our progress in degeneracy appears to me to be pretty rapid. As a nation we began by declaring that "all men are created equal." We now practically read it "all men are created equal, except negroes." When the Know-nothings get control, it will read "all...  Lincoln's Own Stories - Page 50edited by - 1912 - 223 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1907 - 404 pages
...declaring that "all men are created equal." We now practically read it "all men are created equal, except negroes." When the Know-nothings get control, it will...country where they make no pretense of loving liberty, — to Russia, for instance, where despotism can be taken pure, and without the base alloy of hypocrisy.... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - United States - 1907 - 738 pages
...declaring that " all men are created equal." We now practically read it " all men are created equal, except negroes." When the Know-nothings get control, it will...country where they make no pretense of loving liberty, — to Russia, for instance, where despotism can be taken pure, and without the base alloy of iypocrisy.... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1907 - 336 pages
...declaring that "all men are created equal." We now practically read it "all men are created equal, except negroes." When the Know-nothings get control, it will...country where they make no pretense of loving liberty, — to Russia, for instance, where despotism can be taken pure, and without the base alloy of hypocrisy.... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - Devotional calendars - 1907 - 410 pages
...it, "All men are created equal except negroes." When it comes to making wholesale exceptions l should prefer emigrating to some country where they make no pretense of loving liberty, where despotism can be taken pure without the base alloy of hypocrisy. /t molters tittle where I tros... | |
 | 1908 - 670 pages
...earth. From a letter, August, 1855 : As a nation we began by declaring that "all men are created equal." When the Know-nothings get control, it will read "all...country where they make no pretense of loving liberty. From second inaugural address, 1865. Two months later the address was read over his grave : With malice... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1908 - 78 pages
...declaring that "all men are created equal." We now practically read it "all men are created equal, except negroes." When the Know-nothings get control, it will...prefer emigrating to some country where they make no pretence of loving liberty, — to Russia, for instance, where despotism can be taken pure, and without... | |
 | Charles William Pearson - American poetry - 1908 - 280 pages
...' all men are created equal except negroes.' When it comes to making wholesale exceptions I should prefer emigrating to some country where they make no pretense of loving liberty, where despotism can be taken pure without the base alloy of hypocrisy." of either party. Wendell Phillips,... | |
 | Joseph Fort Newton - Biography & Autobiography - 1910 - 498 pages
...declaring that "all men are created equal." We now practically read it "all men are created equal, except negroes. ' ' When the Know-Nothings get control, it...country where they make no pretense of loving liberty — to Russia, for instance, where despotism can be taken pure, and without the base alloy of hypocrisy.... | |
 | Joseph Fort Newton - Biography & Autobiography - 1910 - 416 pages
...declaring that "all men are created equal." We now practically read it "all men are created equal, except negroes. ' ' When the Know-Nothings get control, it...country where they make no pretense of loving liberty — to Russia, for instance, where despotism can be taken pure, and without the base alloy of hypocrisy.... | |
 | Ward Hill Lamon - Biography & Autobiography - 1911 - 426 pages
...declaring that ' All men are created equal.' We now practically read it, ' All men are created equal except negroes.' When the Know-Nothings get control it will...foreigners and Catholics.' When it comes to this, I should prefer emigrating to some country where they make no pretence of loving liberty, — where despotism... | |
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