Abraham Lincoln: “While I am deeply sensible to the high compliment of a re-election…”

On the recordNovember 9, 1864

While I am deeply sensible to the high compliment of a re-election; and duly grateful, as I trust, to Almighty God for having directed my countrymen to a right conclusion, as I think, for their own good, it adds nothing to my satisfaction that any other man may be disappointed or pained by the result.

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Abraham Lincoln

Republican · Illinois

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presidency.ucsb.edu

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Remarks in Response to a Serenade

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Abraham Lincoln: “While I am deeply sensible to the high compliment of a re-election; and duly grateful, as I trust, to Almighty God for…”

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