Near the beginning of 'Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address,' he says 'Now, at the expiration of four years, during which public declarations have been constantly called forth on every point and phase of the great contest which still absorbs the attention and engrosses the energies of the nation, little that is new could be presented.' What 'contest' is he talking about?

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