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Excerpt from Complete Works of Abraham Lincoln, Vol. 5
T requires the most gracious pages in the world's history to record what one American achieved. The story of this simple life is the story of a plain, honest, manly citizen, true patriot, and pro found statesman, who believing with all the strength of his mighty soul in the institutions of his country, won because of them the highest place in its govern ment then fell a precious sacrifice to the Union he held so dear, which Providence had spared his life long enough to save.
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