On the recordJune 17, 1858
It will become all one thing, or all the other.
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gutenberg.orgAbraham Lincoln: “It will become all one thing, or all the other.”
Editor's note · Context
In his "House Divided" speech, Lincoln asserted that the nation's fundamental division over slavery would ultimately lead to it becoming entirely free or entirely slave.
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