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Quotation from House Divided Speech by Abraham Lincoln
“If we could first know where we are, and whither we are tending, we could better judge what to do, and how to do it.”
House Divided Speech, Paragraph 1 (Speeches & Letters of Abraham Lincoln, Everyman's Library (1907))
The opening sentence, which frames the whole speech as a diagnosis before a prescription.
Citation: "If we could first know where we are, and whither we are tending, we could better judge what to do, and how to do it." — Abraham Lincoln, House Divided Speech, Paragraph 1 (Speeches & Letters of Abraham Lincoln, Everyman's Library (1907)). (id house-divided-speech-q3)
Portrait: Abraham Lincoln LCCN2002717219, Popular Graphic Arts, Public domain.
