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My countrymen, the little settlement planted just three centuries ago near the spot upon which we have to-day assembled has under divine guidance grown into a mighty nation.
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Adlai Stevenson
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Stevenson reflects on the growth of the nation from a small settlement to a mighty nation under divine guidance.
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