The speaker doesn't allow anyone to label him as either poor, or sad, or unhappy. Nobody's position in this world is secure. Therefore, nobody should estimate other people's state. In reality, everything is relative and we aren't capable of objectivity. The speaker, however, defends his right to "hope for heaven", although the heaven might mean nothing to someone else.
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.
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I believe it means self government. If I remember right from that book, there was basically no government, so that means they had to take care of themselves because of no food, water, etc (until the end of course). I hope this helped. I wasn't too sure about this question, so hopefully its right!
