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...voiced some of the grandest hopes for the future of the nation. In March 1865, Lincoln told the nation, "Both parties deprecated war; but one of them would...rather than let the nation survive; and the other would accepi war rather than let it perish. And the war came." And at the war's end, he was quite clear just...

...American speech ever, Lincoln's second inaugural address. Referring to the Civil War, Lincoln said, "Both parties deprecated war, but one of them would make war rather than let the country survive, and the other would accept war rather than let it perish. Then the war came." Gore...