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“ The question, he (Lincoln) said over and over, is not what a man's particular abilities may be, but what his rights are as a human being made in God's image. ”

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It is the vocation of the Christian in every generation to out-think all opposition.

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Lincoln had entirely outgrown juvenile delight in religious argument. Talking with God seemed to the mature Lincoln more important than talking about Him.

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He (Lincoln) recognized the delicate balance between immanence and transcendence, refusing to settle for either of these alone. His was a God who was both in the world and above the world.

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He (Lincoln) was accustomed to hearing words, many of them boring, but he was not accustomed to group silence.

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