On the recordOctober 16, 1854
Now, I admit that this is perfectly logical, if there is no difference between hogs and slaves.
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gutenberg.orgAbraham Lincoln: “Now, I admit that this is perfectly logical, if there is no difference between hogs and slaves.”
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In his Peoria speech, Lincoln uses a rhetorical device to expose the moral flaw in equating property rights over animals with those over human beings.
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