Adlai Stevenson: “That slavery was to perish amid the great upheaval became in time the…”

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That slavery was to perish amid the great upheaval became in time the solemn conviction of all thoughtful men.

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Adlai Stevenson

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Stevenson reflects on the inevitability of the end of slavery during the Civil War.

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We strive in vain to look beyond the heights.

The whole creation of God has neither nook nor corner where the guilty can bestow it and say it is safe.

What page in our history tells of deeds so fraught with blessings to the generations of men as the discovery of America?

In the presence of this wondrous fulfillment of predicted greatness, prophecy looks out upon the future and stands dumb.

Adlai Stevenson: “That slavery was to perish amid the great upheaval became in time the solemn conviction of all thoughtful men.”