Striving to Finish the Work
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.
This struck me as I read it today. Do you know who said these words? Do you know the context?
This struck me as I read it today. Do you know who said these words? Do you know the context?
posted by brent at 5:55 PM
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Lincoln's second inaugural, of course, as he strived to reconcile the Union. I think if he had lived out his term that civil rights for blacks wouldn't have taken another 90 years.
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