Source identified
Read & copy the quotation
“Let us stand by our duty, fearlessly and effectively.”
- Source
- Cooper Union Address
- Date
- 1860
Meaning of “Let us stand by our duty, fearlessly and…”
Once a moral and political conclusion has been reached, Lincoln argues that intimidation and evasive compromise should not displace the duty that follows from that judgment.
Where does it come from?
Cooper Union Address, February 27, 1860. The sentence appears in Lincoln’s closing argument about opposing slavery’s spread and should not be detached into a context-free command about every disputed duty.
