Let Us Strive On To Finish The

I Hear You Have Abolitionists Here. We Have A Few In Illinois, But We Shot One The Other Day.

I Intend No Modification Of My Oft-expressed Wish That All Men Everywhere Could Be Free.

Let All Americans - Let All Lovers Of Liberty Everywhere - Join In The Great And Good Work. If We Do This, We Shall Not Only Have Saved The Union; But We Shall Have So Saved It, As To Make, And To Keep It, Forever Worthy Of The Saving.

I Have No Purpose To Introduce Political And Social Equality Between The White And Black Races. There Is Physical Difference Between The Two Which, In My Judgment, Will Probably Forever Forbid Their Living Together Upon The Footing Of Perfect Equality, And Inasmuch As It Becomes A Necessity That There Must Be A Difference, I, As Well As Judge Douglas, Am In Favor Of The Race To Which I Belong Having The Superior Position.

To Stand In Silence When They Should Be Protesting Makes Cowards Of Men.