 | Robert Henry Browne - 1907 - 740 σελίδες
...are true; but nevertheless he would fail utterly with one who should deny the definitions and axioms. The principles of Jefferson are the definitions and axioms of free society. And yet they'are denied and evaded, with no small show of success. One dashingly calls them 'glittering generalities.'... | |
 | Robert Henry Browne - 1907 - 742 σελίδες
...success. One dashingly calls them 'glittering generalities.' Another calls them 'self-evident lies.' These expressions, differing in form, are identical in object and effect, the supplanting of the principles of free government and restoring those of classification, caste, and legitimacy.... | |
 | 1911 - 602 σελίδες
...human nature. — From Lincoln's speech at Peoria, I11., Oct. 16, 1854. The Principles of Free Society The principles of Jefferson are the definitions and...society. And yet they are denied and evaded, with no «mall show of success. One dashingly calls them "glittering generalities," another bluntly calls them... | |
 | Clay MacCauley - 1914 - 866 σελίδες
...now no child's play," wrote Mr. Lincoln, "to save the principles of Jefferson from total overthrow. The principles of Jefferson are the definitions and...denied and evaded with no small show of success. One calls them ' glittering generalities.' Another bluntly calls them ' self-evident lies.' And others... | |
 | Luther Emerson Robinson - 1918 - 376 σελίδες
...Boston, a festival in honor of the birthday of Thomas Jefferson.1 "The principles of Jefferson," he said, "are the definitions and axioms of free society. And...denied and evaded, with no small show of success. i Letter to HL Pierce and others, April 6, 1859. One dashingly calls them 'glittering generalities.'... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1920 - 362 σελίδες
...true; but nevertheless he would fail, utterly, with one who should deny the definitions and axioms. The principles of Jefferson are the definitions and...expressions, differing in form, are identical in object and effect—the supplanting the principles of free government, and restoring those of classification,... | |
 | Jesse Lee Bennett - 1925 - 360 σελίδες
...the forms of law and yet by breaking down all the substance of our liberties." Alexander Hamilton. "The principles of Jefferson are the definitions and axioms of free society." Abraham Lincoln. AMERICAN TRADITION AN ANTHOLOGY OF STRIKING AND SIGNIFICANT PASSAGES FROM OUR NATIONAL... | |
 | Carl Sandburg - 1926 - 526 σελίδες
...it is now no child's play to save the principles of Jefferson from total overthrow in this nation. The principles of Jefferson are the definitions and...lies.' And others insidiously argue that they apply only to 'superior races.' These expressions, differing in form, are identical in object and effect—the... | |
 | Perry Belmont - 1926 - 352 σελίδες
...generalities.' Another bluntly calls them 'self-evident lies.' And others insidiously argue that they apply only to 'superior races.' These expressions, differing in form, are identical in object and effect—the supplanting of the principles of free government, and restoring those of classification,... | |
 | Stuart Pratt Sherman - 1927 - 268 σελίδες
...it is now no child's play to save the principles of Jefferson from total overthrow in this nation. The principles of Jefferson are the definitions and...lies." And others insidiously argue that they apply only to "superior races." These expressions, differing in form, are identical in object and effect... | |
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The principles of Jefferson are the definitions and axioms of free society. And yet they are denied and evaded, with no small show of success. One dashingly calls them "glittering generalities. 
