This Week in History October 15, 1858 The seventh and final Lincoln-Douglas debate is held in Alton, Illinois. October 16, 1854 Lincoln speaks in Peoria, Illinois regarding the repeal of the Missouri Compromise. October 19, 1860 Lincoln writes to Grace Bedell of New York in response to her letter urging him to grow a beard. Today in Lincoln's Life Lincoln's Words "The struggle of today, is not altogether for today -- it is for a vast future also. With a reliance on Providence, all the more firm and earnest, let us proceed in the great task which events have devolved upon us." --Annual Message to Congress, December 3, 1861

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