Plase in i am not good at critical thinking or rephrasing things.

"i understood, too, that in ordinary civil administration this oath even forbade me to practically indulge my primary abstract judgment on the moral question of slavery. i had publicly declared this many times and in many ways; and i aver that, to this day i have done no official act in mere deference to my abstract judgment and feeling on slavery. i did understand, however, that my oath to preserve the constitution to the best of my ability imposed upon me the duty of preserving, by every indispensable means, that government, that nation, of which that constitution was the organic law. was it possible to lose the nation, and yet preserve the constitution? "

in a paragraph of three to five sentences, summarize president lincoln's meaning in the paragraph in bold. use proper spelling and grammar. (the apostrophe paragraph is the paragraph in bold.)

  "I understood, too, that in ordinary civil administration this oath even forbade me to practically indulge my primary abstract judgment on the moral question of slavery."

Means that the oath he took when he(Abraham Lincoln) went into office and became president forbids him to do something that breaks the constitution no matter if his OWN morals say something else.

"I had publicly declared this many times and in many ways; and I aver that, to this day I have done no official act in mere deference to my abstract judgment and feeling on slavery."

He publicly said this to show every one his views on slavery different ways and he states that to that day he's done no official act to defend his judgement and view on slavery.

"I did understand, however, that my oath to preserve the Constitution to the best of my ability imposed upon me the duty of preserving, by every indispensable means, that government, that nation, of which that Constitution was the organic law."

He understood that his oath to preserve the constitutions to the best of his ability by any means necessary because the constitution was the main law.

"Was it possible to lose the nation, and yet preserve the Constitution?"

He looks for an alternate way to find a way to preserve the constitution without losing the nation.

The summary of a paragraph can be understood as the conclusion that includes the main idea, statement of thesis, and further related topics in a single paragraph.

The given paragraph is the speech of President Lincoln under which he speaks about:

The oath was by the President when he went into office before becoming the President. He says that the oath forbade him to do such things that break the constitution irrespective of his own thoughts and morals.

The president said in front of the public about his views towards the different ways of slavery upon which had done nothing in official for defending the judgements but just provided views on slavery.

He says that his oath will preserve the constitution to the best of his ability that requires the necessary laws of the constitution. He also looks for alternative ways for preserving the constitution without harming the nation.

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A) characters’ thoughts and actions

C) characters’ appearances and ways of dressing

D) characters’ responses to other characters