Read these sentences from the speech in which Lincoln describes his perspective about the cause of the war.
All knew that this interest was somehow the cause of the war. To
strengthen, perpetuate, and extend this interest was the object
for which the insurgents would rend the Union even by war, while
the Government claimed no right to do more than to restrict the
territorial enlargement of it.
How do these sentences advance Lincoln's viewpoint?
Lincoln believes that if the South had simply accepted
restrictions on the expansion of slavery, war could
have been avoided.
Lincoln asserts that if the South had been allowed to
practice slavery as it had for hundreds of years, war
could have been avoided.

Which lines in this excerpt from act ii of william shakespeare’s romeo and juliet reveal that mercutio thinks romeo would be better off if he stopped thinking about love? mercutio: i will bite thee by the ear for that jest. romeo: nay, good goose, bite not. mercutio: thy wit is a very bitter sweeting it is a most sharp sauce. romeo: and is it not well served in to a sweet goose? mercutio: o here's a wit of cheveril, that stretches from an inch narrow to an ell broad! romeo: i stretch it out for that word 'broad; ' which added to the goose, proves thee far and wide a broad goose. mercutio: why, is not this better now than groaning for love? now art thou sociable, now art thou romeo; now art thou what thou art, by art as well as by nature: for this drivelling love is like a great natural, that runs lolling up and down to hide his bauble in a hole. benvolio: stop there, stop there. mercutio: thou desirest me to stop in my tale against the hair. benvolio: thou wouldst else have made thy tale large. mercutio: o, thou art deceived; i would have made it short: for i was come to the whole depth of my tale; and meant, indeed, to occupy the argument no longer.