Still, in addition to this there is something so ludicrous in promises of good or threats of evil a great way off as to render the whole subject with which they are connected easily turned into ridicule.
In a temperance address, Lincoln explains why appeals based on very distant future rewards or punishments often fail and are easily mocked.
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