Lincoln saw that the act of secession made the issue for the Union a vital one: Whether it was a Union of sovereign citizens that should continue to live, or an association of sovereign states that must fall prey either to `` anarchy or despotism ''.

Whether in prose or poetry, all of Heidenstam's later work was concerned with Sweden.

Whether the Fathers, who died before Christ was born of the Virgin Mary, were justified and saved only by the blood which he shed, and the death which he suffered after his incarnation??

Whether the only price of our redemption were not the death of Christ on the cross, with the rest of his sufferings and obediences, in the time of his life here, after he was born of the Virgin Mary??

Whether this, or overt action, was the cause of the crash must be promptly determined.

Whether or not Wally lost his job was no concern of mine.

Whether this was a reflection of his age or of the fact that Christie was by now heartily sick of him it is difficult to assess.

Whether this was during one of Poirot ’ s numerous retirements or before she entered his employment is unknown.

Whether this was a wise policy or not, it caused the Roman legionaries to look down on their emperor as one who was prepared to commit unsoldierly conduct.

Whether the motion was due to an irregular distribution of the Earth's atmosphere, thus involving abnormal variations in the refractive index, was also investigated ; here, again, negative results were obtained.

Whether Bragi the god originally arose as a deified version of Bragi Boddason was much debated in the 19th century, especially by the German scholars Eugen Mogk and Sophus Bugge.

" Whether Johnson's description was entirely truthful or embellished is unclear, but it seems likely that Teach understood the value of appearances ; better to strike fear into the heart of one's enemies, than rely on bluster alone.

Whether this was an attempt to foster increasing unity by dissolving legal boundaries between communities, or to effect domination of the Turkish Cypriots by the majority Greek Cypriots, remains controversial.

Whether or not this incident is true, Adomnan's text specifically states that the monster was swimming in the River Ness-the river flowing from the loch-rather than in Loch Ness itself.

In May 2010, the Washington State Supreme Court provided an opinion after it was asked to certify a question referred by the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Washington: “ Whether a public library, consistent with Article I, § 5 of the Washington Constitution, may filter Internet access for all patrons without disabling Web sites containing constitutionally-protected speech upon the request of an adult library patron .” The Washington State Supreme Court ruled that NCRL ’ s internet filtering policy did not violate Article I, Section 5 of the Washington State Constitution.

Whether this was a genuine attempt to reconcile with hostile factions in the Senate cannot be ascertained.

Whether it was Sidney next challenged Oxford to a duel or the other way around, Oxford did not take it further, and the Queen personally took Sidney to task for not recognizing the difference between his status and Oxford's.

Whether the rumour of Oxford's death was related to the illness mentioned in his letters earlier in the year is unknown.

Whether this similarity was intentional or accidental, it may explain why the plainer fashion of placing the stars in three parallel rows was preferred by many Americans over the quincuncial style.

Whether and how far the council was confirmed by Pope John VIII is also a matter of dispute: The council was held in the presence of papal legates, who approved of the proceedings, Roman Catholic historian Fr.

Whether true or not, Athena still had cause to be indignant, as Ajax had dragged a supplicant from her temple.

In addition, works published before 1964 that did not have their copyrights renewed 28 years after first publication year also are in the public domain, except that books originally published outside the US by non-Americans are exempt from this requirement, if they are still under copyright in their home country ( see How Can I Tell Whether a Copyright Was Renewed for more details ).

Whether this sort of system is present on Earth is still open to debate.

Whether the information Fuchs passed relating to the hydrogen bomb would have been useful is still somewhat in debate.

Whether the relationship included any genital component was not a matter for public discourse, but women could form strong and exclusive bonds with each other and still be considered virtuous, innocent, and chaste ; a similar relationship with a man would have destroyed a woman's reputation.

Whether Stalin's practices actually followed the principles of Karl Marx and Lenin is still a subject of debate among historians and political scientists.

Whether uterine vellum ( vellum made from aborted calf fetuses ) was ever really used during the medieval period is still a matter of great controversy.

Whether or not fasting on that day was obligatory, today, it still not uncommon for Muslims to fast that day voluntarily.

Whether the details of the agreement with Comyn are correct or not, King Edward moved to arrest Bruce while Bruce was still at the English court.

Whether by new mutation or inherited mutation, the aforementioned second hit still needs to occur in order for a tumor to appear.

Whether a person " leaves " a society does not change anything to the fact that this society will still contain suicides.

Whether this formulation undermines the monetary data which underpin the fundamental work of monetarism is still a matter of contention.

Whether this article refers to an early version of the contemporary dance by the same name is still a matter of debate, as some historians claim that Carolina Shag is a descendant of Carolina Jitterbug, and its predecessor, Little Apple ( whose origins can supposedly be traced to Columbia, S. C. in 1937 ).

Whether native ginkgo populations still exist has not been demonstrated unequivocally.

Whether the relationship between humans and some types of our gut flora is commensal or mutualistic is still unanswered.

Whether hydrogen cyanide was present in the gas mixture is still a controversy.

Whether they were true or not, she argues, Eliade's theories are still useful " as starting points for the comparative study of religion ".

: Whether the sun shines, whether it rains, storms or snows, By day and night, evening or morn, How homely you still sound, The Upper Harz language, O Andreasberg how beautiful you are.

Whether the old text was already too deeply rooted, or whether Rabbenu Tam did not correct these verbal forms consistently and grammatically, the old perfects are still retained at the beginning of the formula, although a future meaning is given to them.

Whether the temporal artifacting also has subliminal adverse effects on people not consciously aware of it, is still to be studied in specific detail.

Whether it was actually an improvement or not is still debated among audiophiles.

Whether or not Machaut's mass is indeed cyclic is contested ; after lengthy debate, musicologists are still deeply divided.

Whether to continue treating it as a suborder is still a subject of some controversy, as is whether the name itself should be used at all, though three basic approaches ranging from abolishing it entirely to maintaining the taxonomy with a slight change in systematics are proposed, two of which ( but not the traditional one ) agree with the phylogeny.

Whether the Eurasian and Green-winged teals are to be treated as one or two species is still being reviewed by the AOU, while the IUCN and BirdLife International separate them nowadays.