Abraham Lincoln, before he ran for President, famously said, "A house divided against itself, cannot stand." America was the house, and slavery -- the debate over slavery, the passions over America's original sin -- divided that house and threatened to collapse it.
Our House, Divided
Abraham Lincoln, before he ran for President, famously said, "A house divided against itself, cannot stand." America was the house, and slavery -- the debate over slavery, the passions over America's original sin -- divided that house and threatened to collapse it.