Abraham Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address
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By Abraham Lincoln 18 Feb, 2019
Excerpt.......Fellow countrymen: At this second appearing to take the oath of the presidential office, there is less occasion for an extended address than there was at the first. Then a statement, somewhat in detail, of a course to be pursued, seemed ... Read more
Excerpt.......Fellow countrymen: At this second appearing to take the oath of the presidential office, there is less occasion for an extended address than there was at the first. Then a statement, somewhat in detail, of a course to be pursued, seemed fitting and proper. Now, at the expiration of four years, during which public declarations have been constantly called forth on every point and phase of the great contest which still absorbs the attention and engrosses the energies of the nation, little that is new could be presented. The progress of our arms, upon which all else chiefly depends, is as well known to the public as to myself; and it is, I trust, reasonably satisfactory and encouraging to all. With high hope for the future, no prediction in regard to it is ventured. Less
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Born in Hardin County, Kentucky, The United States February 12, 1809 Died: April 15, 1865 GenreMemoir, Politics Influences: Robert Burns Abraham Lincoln was the sixteenth President of the United...
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