Abraham Lincoln actually said...

It has seemed to me fit and proper that they should be solemnly, reverently, and gratefully acknowledged, as with one heart and one voice, by the whole American people.

Context

Proclamation 106—Thanksgiving Day, 1863

10/02/1863

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