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In great contests each party claims to act in accordance with the will of God. Both may be, and one must be wrong.
Abraham Lincoln
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Abraham Lincoln
Age: 56 †
Born: 1809
Born: February 12
Died: 1865
Died: April 15
16Th U.S. President
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