To correct the evils, great and small, which spring from want of sympa…

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To correct the evils, great and small, which spring from want of sympathy and from positive enmity among strangers, as nations or as individuals, is one of the highest functions of civilization. ✨ Abraham Lincoln (2009). The Portable Abraham Lincoln, p.159, Penguin
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