Ok I'm supposed to be "dissecting" one of Abe Lincoln's letters, so here is part of it:
"Nor am I able to appreciate the danger apprehended by the meeting, that the American people will, by means of military arrests during the rebellion, lose the right of public discussion, the liberty of speech and the press, the law of evidence, trial by jury, and habeas corpus, throughout the indefinite peaceful future, which I trust lies before them, any more than I am able to believe that a man could contract so strong an appetite for emetics, during temporary illness, as to persist in feeding upon them during the remainder of his healthful life"
-When talking about the right for him whether or not he can take certain rights away during the Civil War.
What exactly does this quote mean?? The way it's written really is messing with me..
2007-01-29
12:32:48
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