APUSH - AIM 92:How are Lincoln's speeches important?

1. Lincoln

1. Lincoln Douglas Debates

2. House Divided Speech

http://www.abrahamlincolnonline.org/lincoln/speeches/house.htm

Excerpt:

 In my opinion, it will not cease, until a crisis shall have been reached, and passed.

"A house divided against itself cannot stand."

I believe this government cannot endure, permanently half slave and half free.

I do not expect the Union to be dissolved -- I do not expect the house to fall -- but I do expect it will cease to be divided.

It will become all one thing or all the other.