 | William Dean Howells - Campaign biography - 1860 - 414 pages
...that ''all men are created equal," was of no practical use in effecting our separation from GTreat Britain; and it was placed in the Declaration, not...it to be as, thank God, it is now proving itself, a stumbling-block to all those who, in after times, might seek to turn a free people back into the hateful... | |
 | Josiah Gilbert Holland, Richard Watson Gilder - American literature - 1887 - 984 pages
...of all colors everywhere. The assertion that ' all men are created equal ' was of no practical use in effecting our separation from Great Britain ; and...to be, as, thank God, it is now proving itself, a stumbling-block to all those who in after times might seek to turn a free people back into the hateful... | |
 | Ohio State Bar Association - Bar associations - 1900 - 240 pages
...declaration of independence that all men are created free and equal, said " it was of no practical use in effecting our separation from Great Britain ; and...— as, thank God, it is now proving itself — a stumbling-block to all those who in after times might seek to turn a free people back into the hateful... | |
 | John George Nicolay, John Hay - Presidents - 1890 - 522 pages
...people of all colors everywhere. The assertion that "all men are created equal " was of no practical use in effecting our separation from Great Britain ; and...to be, as, thank God, it is now proving itself, a stumblingblock to all those who in after times might seek to turn a free people back into the hateful... | |
 | John George Nicolay, John Hay - Presidents - 1890 - 526 pages
...people of all colors everywhere. The assertion that "all men are created equal " was of no practical use in effecting our separation from Great Britain ; and...to be, as, thank God, it is now proving itself, a stumblingblock to all those who in after times might seek to turn a free people back into the hateful... | |
 | 1901 - 736 pages
...people of all colors everywhere. The assertion that 'all men are created equal' was of no practical use in effecting our separation from Great Britain ; and...future use. Its authors meant it to be as — thank God I it is now proving itself — « stumbling-block to all those who, in after times, might seek to turn... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1893 - 130 pages
...colors everywhere. The assertion that "all men are created equal " was of no practical use in affecting our separation from Great Britain ; and it was placed...to be, as, thank God, it is now proving itself, a stumbling-block to all those who in after times might seek to turn a free people back into the hateful... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - United States - 1894 - 1080 pages
...people of all colors everywhere. The assertion that " all men are created equal" was of no practical use in effecting our separation from Great Britain; and...— as, thank God, it is now proving itself — a stumbling-block to all those who in after times might seek to turn a free people back into the hateful... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - Presidents - 1894 - 280 pages
...of all colours everywhere. The assertion that" all men are created equal," was of no practical use in effecting our separation from Great Britain; and...it to be as, thank God, it is now proving itself, a stumbling-block to all those who in after times might seek to turn a free people .back into the hateful... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1894 - 274 pages
...of all colours everywhere. The assertion that " all men are created equal," was of no practical use in effecting our separation from Great Britain ; and...it to be as, thank God, it is now proving itself, a stumbling-block to all those who in after times might seek to turn a free people back into the hateful... | |
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God, it is now proving itself, a stumbling block to all those who in after times might seek to turn a free people back into the hateful paths of despotism. They knew the proneness of prosperity to breed tyrants, and they meant when such should reappear... 
