Is it not this same mighty, deep-seated power, that somehow operates on the minds of men, exciting and stirring them up in every avenue of society, in politics, in religion, in literature, in morals, in all the manifold relations of life?
In his final debate with Stephen Douglas, Lincoln posed a rhetorical question about the pervasive influence of slavery across all aspects of American society.
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