On the recordOctober 16, 1854
This declared indifference, but, as I must think, real, covert zeal, for the spread of slavery, I cannot but hate.
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gutenberg.orgAbraham Lincoln: “This declared indifference, but, as I must think, real, covert zeal, for the spread of slavery, I cannot but hate.”
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In his speech at Peoria, Lincoln expresses his profound opposition to the perceived indifference towards the expansion of slavery.
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