1. "if slavery is not wrong, nothing is wrong and yet i have never understood that the presidency conferred upon me an unrestricted right to act officially upon this judgment and feeling i claim not to have controlled events, but confess plainly that events have controlled me." –abraham lincoln the statement reproduced above can most accurately be seen as a reflection of a. the importance of lincoln's personal views in his public actions b. abraham lincoln's primary goal of preserving the union over abolishing slavery c. the president's goal of abolishing slavery in the border states*** d. the union's desire to end the civil war in 1862 am i right?