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He came as one appointed to a great duty, not with rashness, not with weakness, not with bravado, not with shrinking, but in the perfect confidence of a just cause and with the stainless conscience of a good man.
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Blaine portrays Lincoln's approach to his duties with confidence and integrity.
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