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WILL MARK BRAINLIEST HELP!!!
In a paragraph of three to five sentences, summarize President Lincoln’s meaning in the paragraph in bold. Use proper spelling and grammar.

I am naturally anti-slavery. If slavery is not wrong nothing is wrong. I cannot remember when I did not so think and feel; and yet I have never understood that the Presidency conferred upon me an unrestricted right to act officially in this judgment and feeling. It was in the oath I took that I would to the best of my ability preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States. I could not take the office without taking the oath. Nor was it in my view that I might take the oath to get power, and break the oath in using the power.

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Answered by madankamakshi9
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Answer:

I assume this whole paragraph is in bold (within a longer text). So, here it is:

President Lincoln is trying to reconcile his private opinion about slavery with his public duty of a president of all citizens of the United States - both slaveowners and abolitionists. As a person, he is strictly opposed to this practice and thinks that it is indubitably wrong. However, as a president, he has to act by the Constitution, which at the time tolerated slavery in the states where it existed. In a way, Lincoln admits his own powerlessness regarding so controversial an issue, with so many fierce opponents from the South.

Answered by varsha955769
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Explanation:

President Lincoln is attempting to accommodate his confidential assessment on subjugation with his public obligation of a leader of all residents of the United States - both slaveowners and abolitionists. Personally, he is completely against this training and thinks that it is unquestionably off-base. Be that as it may, as a president, he needs to act by the Constitution, which at the time endured subjection in the states where it existed. As it were, Lincoln concedes his own frailty in regards to so questionable an issue, with such countless wild adversaries from the South.

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