Which quotation is the best example of antithesis in Lincoln's 'House Divided' speech?
Question:
Which quotation is the best example of antithesis in Lincoln's 'House Divided' speech?
Choices:
- Either the opponents of slavery, will arrest the further spread of it, and place it in the course of ultimate extinction; or its advocates will push it forward, until it shall become alike lawful in all the States, old as well as new-North as well as South.
- Our cause, then, must be intrusted to, and conducted by its own undoubted friends-those whose hands are free, whose hearts are in the work-who do care for the result.
- We are now far into the fifth year, since a policy was initiated, with the avowed object, and confident promise, of putting an end to slavery agitation.
- A house divided against itself cannot stand. I believe this government cannot endure, permanently half slave and half free.
Answer:
A house divided against itself cannot stand. I believe this government cannot endure, permanently half slave and half free.