Question 1 (Multiple Choice Worth 5 points) "If we shall suppose that American slavery is one of those offenses which, in the providence of God, must needs come, but which, having continued through His appointed time, He now wills to remove, and that He gives to both North and South this terrible war as the woe due to those by whom the offense came, shall we discern therein any departure from those divine attributes which the believers in a living God always ascribe to Him?" Which rhetorical element is included in this passage from President Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address?

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Question 1 (Multiple Choice Worth 5 points) "If we shall suppose that American slavery is one of those offenses which, in the providence of God, must needs come, but which, having continued through His appointed time, He now wills to remove, and that He gives to both North and South this terrible war as the woe due to those by whom the offense came, shall we discern therein any departure from those divine attributes which the believers in a living God always ascribe to Him?" Which rhetorical element is included in this passage from President Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address?

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In this famous speech, President Lincoln is employing the use of logical rhetoric, in the sense that he is appealing to the reason and rationality of comparison, even though he talks of God.

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