Letter to William H. Herndon
03/05/1864
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With malice toward none, with charity for all.
Let us have faith that right makes might, and in that faith, let us, to the end, dare to do our duty as we understand it...
To care for him who shall have borne the battle and for his widow, and his orphan, is our duty.
Your having shown me Mr. Davis's letter to you of the 12th instant, you may say to him that I have constantly been, am n...