Lincoln: “let us strive to finish the work we are in”

ABRAHAM LINCOLN, March 4, 1865 Inaugural address

With malice toward none; with charity for all; with firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right, let us strive to finish the work we are in; to bind up the nation’s wounds; to care for him who shall have borne the battle … to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace, among ourselves, and with all nations.

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1 Response to Lincoln: “let us strive to finish the work we are in”

  1. tracey says:

    Oh, THANK you, Sheila, for putting ALL of this together! I knew it would be great, but I’m speechless. Thanks for …. oh, just thanks. SO moving.

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