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Abraham Lincoln: “What amount of force have you now?”

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Interview Between the President and General McClellan and Other Officers During a Visit to the Army of the Potomac at...

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Apr 11, 1865

If the end brings me out wrong, ten angels swearing I was right would make no difference.

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I do the very best I know how--the very best I can; and I mean to keep doing so until the end.

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Apr 11, 1865

The question is, will it be wiser to take it as it is and help to improve it, or to reject and disperse it?

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Apr 10, 1865

I am considering, and shall not fail to act when satisfied that action will be proper.

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