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Abraham Lincoln: Speeches & Writings Part 2: 1859-1865: Library of America #46

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Abraham Lincoln: Speeches & Writings Part 2: 1859-1865: Library of America #46 Quotes

“I shall do less whenever I shall believe what I am doing hurts the cause and I shall do more whenever I shall believe doing more will help the cause. I shall try to correct errors when shown to be errors and I shall adopt new views so fast as they shall appear to be true views.”

“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 (slavery). They have constantly brought forward small cures for great sores-plasters too small to cover the wound. That is one reason that all settlements have proved so temporary-so evanescent.”