On the recordFebruary 27, 1860
Neither let us be slandered from our duty by false accusations against us, nor frightened from it by menaces of destruction to the government, nor of dungeons to ourselves.
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gutenberg.orgAbraham Lincoln: “Neither let us be slandered from our duty by false accusations against us, nor frightened from it by menaces of…”
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In his Cooper Union Address, Lincoln exhorted his audience not to be deterred from their duty by slander, threats of governmental destruction, or personal intimidation.
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