On the recordSeptember 13, 1862
I am sure that either the one or the other class is mistaken in that belief, and perhaps, in some respects, both.
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gutenberg.orgAbraham Lincoln: “I am sure that either the one or the other class is mistaken in that belief, and perhaps, in some respects, both.”
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In a reply to a Chicago religious committee, Lincoln observed that conflicting claims of divine will indicated that at least one, if not both, parties were mistaken.
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