On the recordOctober 1, 1858
I suggest that the difference of opinion, reduced to its lowest terms, is no other than the difference between the men who think slavery a wrong and those who do not think it wrong.
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From notes for speeches in October 1858, Lincoln articulates the fundamental disagreement regarding slavery.
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