What seer could have foretold that, from this humblest of homes upon the frontier, was to spring the man who at the crucial moment should cut the Gordian knot, liberate a race, and give to the ages enlarged and grander conception of the deathless principles of the declaration of human rights?
Stevenson highlights the unexpected rise of Abraham Lincoln from humble beginnings to a pivotal role in history.
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We strive in vain to look beyond the heights.
I believe that Congress possesses Constitutional power to abolish it.
The spirit of the mob is in deadly antagonism to all constituted authority.
In the presence of this wondrous fulfillment of predicted greatness, prophecy looks out upon the future and stands dumb.