Abraham Lincoln

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Excerpt from Abraham Lincoln: An Address Before the Girls' High School, Philadelphia, February 12, 1917The principle upon which our institutions were based, the doctrine of the natural equality of all men before the law as embodied in the Declaration of Independence, was to him a moral as well as a political truth. But, while determined to oppose the introduction of slavery in the new States, he did not mean to oppose its continuance in the South by any immediate or radical measure. He was con tent to await the time when it would cease by reason of being confined to one section, and thus be unable to extend. He felt the time would come when the greater population and wealth of the free States would result in the practical extinction of the evil. He recognized that the Constitution of the United States sanctioned slavery where it already was.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.