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“If this country cannot be saved without giving up the principle of Liberty, I wasabout to say I would rather be assassinated on this spot than surrender it.”
From Mr. Lincoln’s Speech at Independence Hall, Philadelphia, February 21, 1861.
“I believe this Government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free.”
Springfield, Illinois, June, 1858.
“I am exceedingly anxious that this Union, the Constitution, and the liberties of thepeople shall be perpetuated in accordance with the original idea for which the Revolutionwas made.”
Trenton, New Jersey, February 21, 1861.
“Having thus chosen our course, without guile and with pure purpose, let us renewour trust in God, and go forward without fear and with manly hearts.”
Message, July 5, 1861.
“In giving freedom to the slaves, we assure freedom to the free; honorable alike inwhat we give and what we preserve.”
Message, December 1, 1862.
“I hope peace will come soon, and come to stay; and so come as to be worth thekeeping in all future time.”
Springfield Letter, August 26, 1863.
“The world will little note, nor long remember, what we say here; but it can neverforget what the brave men, living and dead, did here.”
Speech at Gettysburg, November 19, 1863.
“I shall not attempt to retract or modify the Emancipation Proclamation, nor shall Ireturn to slavery any person who is free by the terms of that proclamation, or by anyof the Acts of Congress.”
Amnesty Proclamation, December 8, 1863.
“I claim not to have controlled events, but confess plainly that events have controlledme.”
Letter to A. G. Hodges, April 4, 1864.
“With malice towards none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right, as Godgives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in.”
Last Inaugural, March 4, 1865.
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LIFE OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN,
SIXTEENTH PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.
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