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Quotation from The Lincoln-Douglas Debates by Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas
“That is the real issue. That is the issue that will continue in this country when these poor tongues of Judge Douglas and myself shall be silent.”
The Lincoln-Douglas Debates, Seventh Joint Debate, Alton, Lincoln's reply (Political Debates Between Lincoln and Douglas (Columbus: Follett, Foster, 1860), Internet Archive OCR text)
Lincoln names the difference between those who treat slavery as a wrong and those who do not as the question beneath the whole campaign.
Citation: "That is the real issue. That is the issue that will continue in this country when these poor tongues of Judge Douglas and myself shall be silent." — Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas, The Lincoln-Douglas Debates, Seventh Joint Debate, Alton, Lincoln's reply (Political Debates Between Lincoln and Douglas (Columbus: Follett, Foster, 1860), Internet Archive OCR text). (id lincoln-douglas-debates-q8)
Virtues: Humility
Portrait: Abraham Lincoln O-77 matte collodion print, Alexander Gardner, Public domain.
