- Abraham Lincoln
Friday, November 25, 2016
Lincoln and Words 8
'Slavery is founded in the
selfishness of man's nature -- opposition to it is in his love of justice.
These principles are in eternal antagonism; and when brought into collision so
fiercely, as slavery’s extension brings them, shocks, and throes, and
convulsions must ceaselessly follow. Repeal the Missouri Compromise -- repeal
all compromises -- repeal the Declaration of Independence -- repeal all past
history, you still cannot repeal human nature. It still will be the abundance
of man's heart that slavery's extension is wrong; and out of the abundance of
his heart, his mouth will continue to speak.'
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