“If the union of these States, and the liberties of this people, shall be lost, it is but little to any one man of fifty-two yearsof age, but a great deal to the thirty millions of people who inhabit these United States, and to their posterity in all coming time.” PeopleIfsMenLittlesTwoStatesAgeLostUnitedDealsLibertyMillionsUnited StatesUnionsThirtyFiftyOne ManPosterity Book:The collected works of Abraham Lincoln Source: The collected works of Abraham Lincoln