...Convention: If we could first know where we are, and whither we are tending, we could better judge what to do, and how to do it. We are now far into the fifth...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...

...purposes: If we could first know where we are, and whither we are tending, we could better judge what to do, and how to do it. We are now far into the fifth...augmented. In my opinion, it will not cease, until a cris1s shall have been reached, and passed— "A house divided against itself cannot stand." I believe...

...friends behind closed doors to gauge their reaction, and its words were terse, precise, and cutting. 213 We are now far into the fifth year, since a policy...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...

...candidacy with the "House Divided" speech. Referring to growing sectional conflict, Lincoln predicted: In my opinion, it will not cease, until a crisis shall...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...

...and division stretching beyond that of sectional conflict alone: In my opinion, [slavery agitation] will not cease until a crisis shall have been reached...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...

...where we are, and whither we are tending, we could better judge what to do, and lunc to do it. We arc now far into the fifth year since a policy was initiated with the avowed ohject and confident promise of putting an end to slavery agitation. Under the operation of that policy,...

...freedom. If we could first know where we are, and whither we are tending, we could then better judge what to do, and how to do it. We are now far into the fifth...ceased, but has constantly augmented. In my opinion, it w/7/ not cease, until a crisis shall have been reached, and passed. 212 "A house divided against itself...

...made the entire quotation from that speech that I can make it from memory. I used this language: "AVe are now far into the fifth year since a policy was...object and confident promise of putting an end to the slavery agitation. Under the operation of this policy, that agitatton has not only not ceased,...

...Illinois, when he warned that the spread of slavery must be immediately checked and eventually abolished: "In my opinion, it will not cease, until a crisis...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...

...solution. But Lincoln, looking back over the nearly five years since Douglas's policy had been enacted ("initiated with the avowed object and confident promise of putting an end to slavery agitation"), concluded— correctly— that "agitation has not only not ceased, but has constantly augmented." And...