This statement is taken from Abraham Lincoln’s second inaugural
address. This statement appears at a
time within the speech where he is talking about slavery and the civil war and
how horrible the offenses of each are.
However, he alludes to the notion that war might be the will of God in
order to get rid of slavery. This relates to his purpose because he is the
president of a divided country warring against itself, and it is something for
which many would fault a nation’s leader.
Thus, even though he wishes there were no war, he notes that war might
the purpose of the Almighty.
