Why did the authors of the declaration fail to address the rights of women, native americans, and african americans?

Joshua wolf shenk wrote that one of lincoln's adaptation strategies was "transcendence" (rising above or even using "melancholy" to achieve a higher purpose). according to shenk, what was lincoln's "higher purpose? " provide a direct quotation from the article to support your analysis.

This term refers to the number of people per unit area (usually a kilometer or a mile). this could refer to the number of people per square mile in a city, a county, a province, a state, or a nation.

What would you call a political system that is only meant to last for a short time