On the recordFebruary 21, 1861
I recollect thinking then, boy even though I was, that there must have been something more than common that these men struggled for.
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Speaking to the New Jersey Senate, Lincoln recalls his youthful intuition that the American Revolution was fought for principles beyond mere independence.
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