On the recordJuly 10, 1858
I should like to know--taking this old Declaration of Independence, which declares that all men are equal, upon principle, and making exceptions to it--where will it stop?
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Lincoln questions the logical endpoint of making exceptions to the Declaration of Independence's principle that all men are created equal.
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