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One side would make war rather than let the nation survive; the other would accept war rather than let it perish
Drawn from what Abraham Lincoln said
What Abraham Lincoln actually said
- Abraham Lincoln 16th president of the United States (1809 to 1865)
Both parties deprecated war; but one of them would make war rather than let the nation survive, and the other would accept war rather than let it perish.
Where this was said
↗Speeches & Letters of Abraham Lincoln, 1832-1865 (ed. Merwin Roe, 1907)gutenberg.org
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