Identify the title: “If I could save the Union without freei…

Identify the title: “If I could save the Union without freeing the slave, I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing all the slaves, I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing some and leaving others alone, I would do that. What I do about slavery and the colored race, I do because I believes it helps to save the Union; and what I forbear, I forbear because I do not believe it would help to save the Union. I shall do less whenever I shall believe what I am hurts the cause; and I shall do more whenever I shall believe doing more will help the cause.”

Identify the author: “Here is my creed. . . . I believe in o…

Identify the author: “Here is my creed. . . . I believe in one God, creator of the universe. That he governs it by his Providence. That  he ought to be worshipped. that the most acceptable service we render to him is doing good to his other children. That the soul of man is immortal and will be treated with justice in another life respecting its conduct in this life. These I take to be the fundamental principles of all sound religion, and I regard them as you do in whatever sect I meet with them.”

Identify the character: This person seeks revenge for a wron…

Identify the character: This person seeks revenge for a wrong and still relives the scene fifty years later. He did not want to take the life of the man who has insulted his family, but his society’s code of honor demanded action. On his deathbed, he remembers the details of the murder from fifty years ago as if they had just happened.