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Quotation from House Divided Speech by Abraham Lincoln
“Judge Douglas, if not a dead lion, for this work is at least a caged and toothless one.”
House Divided Speech, Paragraph 19 (Speeches & Letters of Abraham Lincoln, Everyman's Library (1907))
Turning Ecclesiastes' living dog and dead lion against those who urged Republicans to adopt Douglas.
Citation: "Judge Douglas, if not a dead lion, for this work is at least a caged and toothless one." — Abraham Lincoln, House Divided Speech, Paragraph 19 (Speeches & Letters of Abraham Lincoln, Everyman's Library (1907)). (id house-divided-speech-q6)
Portrait: Abraham Lincoln LCCN2002717219, Popular Graphic Arts, Public domain.
