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Quotation from First Inaugural Address by Abraham Lincoln
“I hold that in contemplation of universal law and of the Constitution the Union of these States is perpetual”
First Inaugural Address, Inaugural address (Project Gutenberg #4938)
The thesis of Lincoln's legal argument against secession.
Citation: "I hold that in contemplation of universal law and of the Constitution the Union of these States is perpetual" — Abraham Lincoln, First Inaugural Address, Inaugural address (Project Gutenberg #4938). (id lincoln-first-inaugural-address-q4)
