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Abraham Lincoln
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It behooves us then to humble ourselves before the offended Power to confess our national sins and to pray for clemency and forgiveness. ✨ Abraham Lincoln (2008). The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, p.156, Wildside Press LLC
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It behooves us then to humble ourselves before the offended Power to confess our national sins and to pray for clemency and forgiveness. ✨ Abraham Lincoln (2008). The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, p.156, Wildside Press LLC

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