On the recordAugust 22, 1862
I have here stated my purpose according to my views of official duty, and I intend no modification of my oft-expressed personal wish that all men everywhere could be free.
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In a letter to Horace Greeley, Lincoln clarified that his official duties regarding the Union did not diminish his personal desire for universal freedom.
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