Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, …

Abraham Lincoln
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Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. ✨ Gettysburg Address, Gettysburg, Pa., 19 Nov. 1863
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Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. ✨ Gettysburg Address, Gettysburg, Pa., 19 Nov. 1863

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