On the recordSeptember 18, 1858
Then the public mind will rest in the belief that it is in the course of ultimate extinction.
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gutenberg.orgAbraham Lincoln: “Then the public mind will rest in the belief that it is in the course of ultimate extinction.”
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Lincoln explains that by restricting slavery's expansion, the nation would find peace in the expectation of its eventual demise.
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