On the recordDecember 1, 1862
We shall nobly save or meanly lose the last, best hope of earth.
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In his 1862 Annual Message to Congress, Lincoln frames the Civil War as a pivotal moment where the nation must either preserve or destroy the world's greatest experiment in self-government.
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