...treatment of all sides of the central controversy, it had such unity that one idea dominated the whole : " All they ask we could readily grant, if we thought...could as readily grant, if they thought it wrong." To support duty was the straight road ; " then let us stand by our duty, fearlessly and effectively."...

...had such unity that one idea dominated the whok ' " All they ask we could readily grant, if wt *-* f thought slavery right; all we ask they could as readily grant, if they thought it wrong." To support duty was the straight road; " then let us stand by our duty, fearlessly and effectively."...

...style in which most of his later public documents were written. " If slavery is right," he said, " all words, acts, laws, and constitutions against it...could as readily grant, if they thought it wrong. Their thinking it right and our thinking it wrong is the precise fact upon which depends the whole...

...convincing style in which most of his later public documents were written. ''If slavery is right," he said, "all words, acts, laws, and constitutions against...could as readily grant, if they thought it wrong. Their thinking it right and our thinking it wrong is the precise fact upon which depends the whole...

...this on any ground, save our conviction that slavery is wrong. If slavery is right, all words, a«jts, laws, and Constitutions against it are themselves...could as readily grant, if they thought it wrong. "Their thinking it right, and our thinking it wrong, is the precise fact upon which depends the whole...

...until Lincoln, in his Cooper Institute speech in New York once more clearly defined the pending issue : "If slavery is right, all words, acts, laws, and constitutions...should be silenced and swept away. If it is right, we (the north) cannot justly object to its nationality — its universality; if it is wrong, they, (the...

...through his teeth, " Stand and deliver, or I shall kill you, and then you will be a murderer 1 "... against it are themselves wrong, and should be silenced...they could as readily grant if they thought it wrong. Their thinking it right and our thinking it wrong is the precise fact upon which depends the whole...

...blessing. "Nor can we justifiably withhold on any ground, save on our conviction that slavery is wrong. If slavery is right, all words, acts, laws, and constitutions...should be silenced and swept away. If it is right, we can not object to its nationality—its universality. If it is wrong, they can not justly insist upon...

...through his teeth, " Stand and deliver, or I shall kill you, and then you will be a murderer 1" . . . against it are themselves wrong, and should be silenced...right, we cannot justly object to its nationality— ifes universality; if it is wrong, they cannot justly insist upon its extension — its enlargement....

...blessing. Nor can we justifiably withhold this on any ground save our conviction that slavery is wrong. If slavery is right, all words, acts, laws, and constitutions...could as readily grant, if they thought it wrong. Their thinking it right and our thinking it wrong is the precise fact upon which depends the whole...