May our children and children's children, for a thousand generations, continue to enjoy the benefits conferred upon us by a united country, and have cause yet to rejoice under these glorious institutions, bequeathed to us by Washington and his compeers.
Abraham Lincoln: “May our children and children's children, for a thousand generations, continue to enjoy the benefits conferred upon us…”
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Remarks to the Army of the Potomac at Frederick, Maryland
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