ABRAHAM LINCOLN ~~ February 12, 1809 ~~ April 15, 1865

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With malice toward none; with charity for all;

with firmness in the right,

as God gives us to see the right,

let us strive on to finish the work we are in;

to bind up the nation's wounds;

to care for him who shall have borne the battle,

and for his widow, and his orphan--

to do all which may achieve and cherish

a just and lasting peace,

among ourselves,

and with all nations.

Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address ~ March 4, 1865