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Abraham Lincoln: “The national resources, then, are unexhausted, and, as we believe, inexhaustible.”

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The national resources, then, are unexhausted, and, as we believe, inexhaustible.
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Abraham Lincoln
Republican · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Lincoln expresses confidence in the nation's unexhausted resources, suggesting a belief in the Union's enduring capacity to sustain the war effort.

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