Abraham Lincoln Archive

The dogmas of the quiet past

  • Zachary Osterman 02/14/2010 12:40 pm  
 

For no reason in particular, there is an old Lincoln quote rolling around in my head today (Abraham, not continental). It comes from a message to Congress that was a precursor to the Emancipation Proclamation, when Lincoln penned the words ...

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