On the recordFebruary 22, 1842
The heart could not throw open its portals to it, the generous man could not adopt it--it could not mix with his blood.
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In an address on temperance, Lincoln uses vivid imagery to describe how an uncharitable message would be fundamentally rejected by a generous human spirit.
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