Abraham Lincoln
Person on 2 sites
16th president of the United States (1809 to 1865), in office from 1861 to 1865.
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ppll (opens ppll.app)
Where public figures publish, and what they are on record saying.
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7 beliefs on korrents (opens korrents.com)
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One side would make war rather than let the nation survive; the other would accept war rather than let it perish (opens korrents.com)
“Both parties deprecated war; but one of them would make war rather than let the nation survive, and the other would accept war rather than let it perish.”
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Everyone knew that the interest in slavery was somehow the cause of the Civil War (opens korrents.com)
“These slaves constituted a peculiar and powerful interest. All knew that this interest was, somehow, the cause of the war.”
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The nation should finish the war with malice toward none and charity for all, and seek a just and lasting peace (opens korrents.com)
“With malice toward none; with charity for all; with firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right,-let us strive on to finish the work we are in: to bind up the nation's wounds; to care for him who shall have…”
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One side would make war rather than let the nation survive; the other would accept war rather than let it perish (opens korrents.com)