In the Gettysburg Address, Lincoln declared purpose of the civil war was to

In the years leading up to the conflict, Lincoln had not championed the idea that the Civil War was not merely a fight to defend the Union, but a struggle for freedom and equality for everyone.

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Answer

In the years of leading up to the conflict, Lincoln had not companioned the idea that civil war was not merely a fight to defend union, but a struggle to freedom and equality of everyone.

i confess that there are several parts of this constitution which i do not at present approve, but i am not sure i shall never approve them: for having lived long, i have experienced many instances of being obliged by better information or fuller consideration, to change opinions even on important subjects, which i once thought right, but found to be otherwise. it is therefore that the older i grow, the more apt i am to doubt my own judgment, and to pay more respect to the judgment of others.

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