Or any nation so conceived and so dedicated,

from Abraham Lincoln – The Gettysburg Address on Rap Genius

America has been perceived as a rather unique case in world history, given its rather rational and legalistic establishment in armed revolution to protect the rights of its (white, male, and wealthy) citizens.

Lincoln considers the existence of the United States at stake with the Civil War.

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