Gems from Abraham Lincoln : Born February 11th, 1809, in Hardin County, KY; Died April 15th, 1865, at Washington, D. C (Classic Reprint) by Abraham Lincoln (2015, Trade Paperback)
Excerpt from Gems From Abraham Lincoln: Born February 11th, 1809, in Hardin County, Ky; Died April 15th, 1865, at Washington, D. C The people of the whole nation agree that this question ought to be settled, and yet it is not settled. And the reason is that they are not yet agreed how it shall be settled. Again and again it has been fondly hoped that it was settled, but every time it breaks out afresh and more violently than ever. It was settled, our fathers hoped, by the Missouri Compromise, but it did not stay settled. Then the compromise of 1850 was declared to be a full and final settlement of the question. The two great parties, each in national convention, adopted resolutions declaring that the settlement made by the compromise of 1850 was a finality - that it would. last; forever. Yet how long before it was unsettled again? It broke out again in 1854, and blazed higher and raged, more;furiously than ever before, and the agitation has not rested since. These repeated settlements must have some fault about them. There must be some inadequacy in their very nature to the purpose for which they were designed. We can only speculate as to where that fault - that inadequacy - is, but we may perhaps profit by past experience. I think that one of the causes of these repeated failures is that our best and greatest men have greatly underestimated the size of this question. They have constantly brought for ward small cures for great sores - plasters too small to cover the wound. This is one reason that all settlements have proved so temporary, so evanescent. Look at the magnitude of this subject. About one-sixth of the whole population of the United States are slaves. The owners of the slaves consider them property. The effect upon the minds of the owners is that of property, and nothing else - it induces them to insist upon all that will favorably affect its value as property, to demand laws and institutions and a public policy that shall increase and secure its value, and make it durable, lasting, and universal. The effect on the minds of the owners is to persuade them that there is no wrong in it. But here in Connecticut and at the North slavery does not exist, and we see it through no such medium. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Publisher
Forgotten Books
ISBN-10
1330631846
ISBN-13
9781330631843
eBay Product ID (ePID)
246848323
Product Key Features
Author
Abraham Lincoln
Language
English
Topic
History & Theory, General, Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies)
Dimensions
Item Length
9in
Item Height
0.1in
Item Width
6in
Item Weight
1.8 Oz
Additional Product Features
Book Title
Gems from Abraham Lincoln : Born February 11th, 1809, in Hardin County, KY; Died April 15th, 1865, at Washington, D. C (Classic Reprint)
Format
Trade Paperback
Target Audience
Trade
Publication Year
2015
Illustrated
Yes
Genre
History, Literary Collections, Political Science
Number of Pages
26 Pages
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