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My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not either to save or to destroy slavery.
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gutenberg.orgDe Alexander: “My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not either to save or to destroy slavery.”
Editor's note · Context
Lincoln emphasizes that his primary goal during the Civil War is to preserve the Union.
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