On the recordOctober 15, 1858
What other thing that you consider a wrong do you deal with as you deal with that?
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gutenberg.orgAbraham Lincoln: “What other thing that you consider a wrong do you deal with as you deal with that?”
Editor's note · Context
During his final debate with Stephen Douglas, Lincoln challenged the moral inconsistency of those who claimed to oppose slavery but treated it differently from other wrongs.
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