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1. What distinctions does Abraham Lincoln make between his feeling and his judgment, on the one hand, and his duty, on the other?

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   Questions: - What distinctions does Abraham Lincoln make between his feeling and his judgment, on the one hand, and his duty, on the other?
2. What is the purpose and effect of the analogy that Lincoln develops in the first paragraph of his summary statement?

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   Questions: - What is the purpose and effect of the analogy that Lincoln develops in the first paragraph of his summary statement?
3. What reasons does Lincoln give for having forbidden emancipation in the past? What convinced him that the “indispensable necessity” had finally come?

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   Questions: - What reasons does Lincoln give for having forbidden emancipation in the past? What convinced him that the “indispensable necessity” had finally come?
4. What is the purpose of the brief paragraph 2 of his summary?

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   Questions: - What is the purpose of the brief paragraph 2 of his summary?
5. How does Lincoln appeal to ethos in the concluding paragraph of the letter?

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   Questions: - How does Lincoln appeal to ethos in the concluding paragraph of the letter?