I would save the Union. I would save it the shortest way under the Con…

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I would save the Union. I would save it the shortest way under the Constitution. The sooner the national authority can be restored; the nearer the Union will be 'the Union as it was'. ✨ Abraham Lincoln (2008). The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, p.388, Wildside Press LLC
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I would save the Union. I would save it the shortest way under the Constitution. The sooner the national authority can be restored; the nearer the Union will be 'the Union as it was'. ✨ Abraham Lincoln (2008). The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, p.388, Wildside Press LLC

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