Gems from Abraham Lincoln: Born February 11th, 1809, in Hardin County, Ky; Died April 15th, 1865, at Washington, D. C (Classic Reprint)FB&C Limited, 2015 M09 27 - 26 páginas Excerpt from Gems From Abraham Lincoln: Born February 11th, 1809, in Hardin County, Ky; Died April 15th, 1865, at Washington, D. C These repeated settlements must have some fault about them. There must be some inadequacy in their very nature to the purpose for which they were designed. We can only speculate as to where that fault - that inadequacy-is, but we may perhaps profit by past experience. I think that one of the causes of these repeated failures is that our best and greatest men have greatly underestimated the size of this question. They have constantly brought for ward small cures for great sores - plasters too small to cover the wound. This is one reason that all settlements have proved so temporary, so evanescent. Look at the magnitude of this subject. About one - sixth of the whole population of the United States are slaves. The owners of the slaves consider them property. The effect upon the minds of the owners is that of property, and nothing else - it induces them to insist upon all that will favorably affect its value as property, _to demand laws and institutions and a public policy that shall increase and secure its value, and make it durable, lasting, and universal. The effect on the minds of the owners is to persuade them that there is no wrong in it. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works. |
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