The citadels of his great adversary are daily being stormed and dismantled; his temples and his altars, where the rites of his idolatrous worship have long been performed, and where human sacrifices have long been wont to be made, are daily desecrated and deserted.
In an address on temperance, Lincoln vividly describes the ongoing defeat of the movement's powerful adversary through metaphorical language.
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