On the recordSeptember 13, 1862
I do not want to issue a document that the whole world will see must necessarily be inoperative, like the Pope's bull against the comet!
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gutenberg.orgAbraham Lincoln: “I do not want to issue a document that the whole world will see must necessarily be inoperative, like the Pope's bull…”
Editor's note · Context
In a reply to a Chicago religious committee, Lincoln expressed his reluctance to issue an emancipation proclamation that would be seen as ineffective, using a vivid historical analogy.
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