I can say in return, sir, that all the political sentiments I entertain have been drawn, so far as I have been able to draw them, from the sentiments which originated in and were given to the world from this hall.
Speaking in Independence Hall, Lincoln declares that his entire political philosophy is derived from the foundational sentiments articulated in that very place.
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As a general rule I abstain from reading the reports of attacks upon myself, wishing not to be provoked by that to which I cannot properly offer an answer.
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