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"Mr. Lincoln, I've Decided to Trust You!" script, 1967

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MR. LINCOLN - cont'd
forensic zeal. But as I look at Mr. X., I see that it would not suffice here. I shall speak to you of my heart, for it still beats...those who love you beyond the grave supply the energy for that. Never stop loving for it costs so little and does so much. For those, who have trusted and revered, me down through the decades I say, "Most governments have been based practically on the denial of equal rights of men; ours began by affirming those rights. They say, some men are too ignorant and vicious to share in government. I say possibly so----but by that system, we would always keep them ignorant and vicious. I proposed to give all a chance and expected the weak to grow stronger and the ignorant wiser, and all better and happier. In a democracy, I stated there  is no peasant hired labor class, the hired labor of yesterday, on account of his labors, will hire others to labor for him tomorrow."

MR. X.
"More forensic legedermain, Mr. Lincoln...address yourself to the BACK TO AFRICA idea."

MR. LINCOLN
(quietly)
"I did not give rise to that thought. True I did once expouse the words of the reader. I confess that I did that in ignorance, seeing the bigotry that I gave no voice to, I strike a mark against myself. Even then I knew that if indeed there was enough surplus shipping and money---and if we landed all the Negroes there in a single day...they would have perished in ten. Though I expoused back to Africa, it was this concern that brought me to the decision to free very man, and give him a chance in a land blessed with abundance."

1ST SPECTATOR
"He's shrew."

2ND SPECTATOR
"That's the lawyer in him. Wait until they pull the dipsy-doddle on him, making him contrast his private life with his public life. They are saving those questions. They'll wind him up first."

Saving...

28 MR. LINCOLN - cont'd forensic zeal. But as I look at Mr. X., I see that it would not suffice here. I shall speak to you of my heart, for it still beats...those who love you beyond the grave supply the energy for that. Never stop loving for it costs so little and does so much. For those, who have trusted and revered, me down through the decades I say, "Most governments have been based practically on the denial of equal rights of men; ours began by affirming those rights. They say, some men are too ignorant and vicious to share in government. I say possibly so----but by that system, we would always keep them ignorant and vicious. I proposed to give all a chance and expected the weak to grow stronger and the ignorant wiser, and all better and happier. In a democracy, I stated there is no peasant hired labor class, the hired labor of yesterday, on account of his labors, will hire others to labor for him tomorrow." MR. X. "More forensic legedermain, Mr. Lincoln...address yourself to the BACK TO AFRICA idea." MR. LINCOLN (quietly) "I did not give rise to that thought. True I did once expouse the words of the reader. I confess that I did that in ignorance, seeing the bigotry that I gave no voice to, I strike a mark against myself. Even then I knew that if indeed there was enough surplus shipping and money---and if we landed all the Negroes there in a single day...they would have perished in ten. Though I expoused back to Africa, it was this concern that brought me to the decision to free very man, and give him a chance in a land blessed with abundance." 1ST SPECTATOR "He's shrew." 2ND SPECTATOR "That's the lawyer in him. Wait until they pull the dipsy-doddle on him, making him contrast his private life with his public life. They are saving those questions. They'll wind him up first."