On the recordOctober 16, 1854
If we do this, we shall not only have saved the Union, but we shall have so saved it as to make and to keep it for ever worthy of the saving.
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gutenberg.orgAbraham Lincoln: “If we do this, we shall not only have saved the Union, but we shall have so saved it as to make and to keep it for ever…”
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Lincoln articulated that preserving the Union must be done in a way that upholds its foundational values, making it perpetually deserving of preservation.
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