Lincoln's goal at the beginning of the war was to -

preserve the Union rather than concentrate on the issue of slavery

Explanation:

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explanation:

a phrase from a poem by ralph waldo emerson about the battle of lexington and concord. emerson's words read, “here once the embattled farmers stood / and fired the shot heard round the world.”