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Perhaps the most dramatic revelation of the conflict of conscience which still conditions our daily lives took place more than a hundred years ago in confrontations of the the renowned Senator Stephen A. Douglas, and a little-known lawyer named Abraham Lincoln. For both "the little Giant," seeking re-election, and his…


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Good analysis of both Lincoln and Douglas, and it made the debates very clear.

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