Question

explain how the right to hold one's own beliefs is compatible (or incompatible) with Lincoln's assertion that "A house divided against itself cannot stand."

Answer 1

Lincoln's House Divided Speech. ... A house divided against itself cannot stand. I believe this government cannot endure, permanently, half slave and half free. I do not expect the Union to be dissolved — I do not expect the house to fall — but I do expect it will cease to be divided.