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Second Inaugural Address

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Mar 15, 1865

Men are not flattered by being shown that there has been a difference of purpose between the Almighty and them.

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Apr 11, 1865

If I were to try to read, much less answer, all the attacks made on me, this shop might as well be closed for any other business.

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Mar 3, 1865

With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation’s wounds.

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Mar 17, 1865

Whenever I hear any one arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally.

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