On the recordAugust 15, 1855
Our political problem now is, "Can we as a nation continue together permanently--for ever--half slave, and half free?" The problem is too mighty for me.
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gutenberg.orgAbraham Lincoln: “Our political problem now is, "Can we as a nation continue together permanently--for ever--half slave, and half free?"…”
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Lincoln articulated the fundamental national dilemma of whether a country divided by slavery could endure, acknowledging the immense challenge of this question.
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