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That slavery was to perish amid the great upheaval became in time the solemn conviction of all thoughtful men.
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Adlai Stevenson
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gutenberg.orgAdlai Stevenson: “That slavery was to perish amid the great upheaval became in time the solemn conviction of all thoughtful men.”
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Stevenson reflects on the inevitability of the end of slavery during the Civil War.
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My countrymen, the little settlement planted just three centuries ago near the spot upon which we have to-day assembled has under divine guidance grown into a mighty nation.
Judgment and prudence should be mixed in equal parts with love and affection in the transaction, to secure a lasting and happy union.
Politics, the prime cause of fortune's favors to them in the beginning, proved their undoing in the end.
In the presence of such majestic power we can only stand awed and silent.