Abraham Lincoln's second inaugural address
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Abraham Lincoln's second inaugural address
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Abraham Lincoln delivered his second inaugural address on Saturday, March 4, 1865, during his second inauguration as President of the United States. At a time when victory over secessionists in the American Civil War was within days and slavery in all of the U.S. was near an end, Lincoln did not speak of happiness, but of sadness. Some see this speech as a defense of his pragmatic approach to Reconstruction, in which he sought to avoid harsh treatment of the defeated rebels by reminding his list
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1865 speech by the U.S. President
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_Lincoln%27s_second_inaugural_address
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2003-11-21T04:39:40Z
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2024-09-11T02:21:19Z
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