In considering the policy to be adopted for suppressing the insurrection I have been anxious and careful that the inevitable conflict for this purpose shall not degenerate into a violent and remorseless revolutionary struggle.
Lincoln emphasizes the importance of maintaining a careful approach to the conflict during the Civil War to avoid unnecessary violence.
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If I were to try to read, much less answer, all the attacks made on me, this shop might as well be closed for any other business.
As a general rule I abstain from reading the reports of attacks upon myself, wishing not to be provoked by that to which I cannot properly offer an answer.
I am considering, and shall not fail to act when satisfied that action will be proper.
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