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Is it doubted that it would restore the national authority and national prosperity and perpetuate both indefinitely?
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Abraham Lincoln
Republican · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Lincoln poses a rhetorical question about the potential of his plan to restore national authority and prosperity indefinitely.

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