“Slavery is founded in the selfishness of man's nature - opposition to it is his love of justice. These principles are an eternal antagonism; and when brought into collision so fiercely, as slavery extension brings them, shocks and throes and convulsions must ceaselessly follow.”

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About Abraham Lincoln

Sixteenth president of the United States during the Civil War, he led the nation through its most divisive conflict. His leadership and moral clarity in preserving the Union and abolishing slavery earned him enduring respect.

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