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The Perpetuation of Our Political Institutions (Address by Abraham Lincoln before the Young Men's Lyceum of Springfield, January 27, 1838) Read,Like,Comment, Share It This is a Long Speech written by Abraham Lincoln and all need to read the entire post, my comments are very short and few, let us know what you think of the Speech, which I consider a Guidance for us and Prophetic writing from a much Loved President then & Now. January 27,1838 As a subject for the remarks of the evening, the perpetuation of our political institutions, is selected. In the great journal of things happening under the sun, we, the American People, find our account running, under date of the nineteenth century of the Christian era. We find ourselves in the peaceful possession, of the fairest portion of the earth, as regards extent of territory, fertility of soil, and salubrity of climate. We find ourselves under the government of a system of political institutions, conducing more essentially to the ends of civil and religious liberty, than any of which the history of former times tells us. We, when mounting the stage of existence, found ourselves the legal inheritors of these fundamental blessings. We toiled not in the acquirement or establishment of them Click See More Or Link To See Entire Post https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1536068521862253&set=a.443095521159564&__cft__[0]=AZYIU3bVkASFBtgxmCAiZwrEnN7XSdqxDXHsO_uvCRClne5GbBL0AfRXLWwDxKqyF2PVwA04ssJdb5A5vUA_a5pSWq2YPLYtcNgx04pOO9qFib6mcenFJPP6wq9Mb9l7kMPTRx0M8JW5e4oEH7iEV3w5&__tn__=EH-R We hope you've learned from reading this speech written in 1838 and realize it or not Lincoln was writing quite a Prophetic Message to not only that generation but every American Generation that followed to Beware of Any who use Hate to Destroy our American and what Generations before us and Hopefull those who follow to continue if only we're Faithful to Pass It On To Them. God Bless You All; Clair Van Steenwyk