The Union is undergoing a fearful strain; but it is a stout old ship, and has weathered many a hard blow, and "the stars in their courses," aye, an invisible power, greater than the puny efforts of men, will fight for us.
Speaking during a period of national crisis, Lincoln uses a metaphor to express his faith in the Union's endurance and a higher power.
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