On the recordMarch 5, 1864
I have been driven many times to my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had nowhere else to go.
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presidency.ucsb.eduI have been driven many times to my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had nowhere else to go.
Letter to William H. Herndon
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