On the recordSeptember 15, 1858
Do you think that the nature of man will be changed; that the same causes that produced agitation at one time will not have the same effect at another?
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In a debate, Lincoln challenged the idea that the fundamental causes of societal unrest would cease to produce similar effects over time.
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