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If all do not join now to save the good old ship of the Union on this voyage, nobody… — Abraham Lincoln

Speech · Political speech

If all do not join now to save the good old ship of the Union on this voyage, nobody will have a chance to pilot her on another voyage.

Abraham Lincoln
1861
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Topic
American Civil WarAmerican experiment
Statement type
Metaphor, analogy and simile
Genre
Political speech
Medium
Speech
Time
1861
Person
Abraham Lincoln
Provenance
Current citation
Lincoln, Abraham. "Speech at Cleveland, Ohio, February 15, 1861." Abraham Lincoln: Speeches and Writings 1859-1865, edited by Don E. Fehrenbacher. Library of America, 1989.
Original citation
Lincoln, Abraham. "Speech in Cleveland, Ohio." 15 Feb. 1861, Cleveland, OH, USA.

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