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In the present civil war it is quite possible that God's purpose is something different from the purpose of either party.

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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