On the recordApril 18, 1864
The world has never had a good definition of the word "liberty," and the American people, just now, are much in want of one.
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At a Sanitary Fair, Lincoln observes the ongoing struggle to define "liberty" and its particular urgency for the American people during the Civil War.
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