Abraham Lincoln: “I know no reason to doubt that I shall accept the nomination tendered; and yet perhaps I should not declare definitely…”

I am considering, and shall not fail to act when satisfied that action will be proper.

If I were to try to read, much less answer, all the attacks made on me, this shop might as well be closed for any other business.

If the end brings me out wrong, ten angels swearing I was right would make no difference.

The question is, will it be wiser to take it as it is and help to improve it, or to reject and disperse it?