Abraham Lincoln:

We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained, it must not break our bonds of affection. The mystic chords of memory, stretching from every battlefield and patriot grave to every living heart and hearthstone all over this broad land, will yet swell the chorus of the Union, when again touched, as surely they will be, by the better angels of our nature.

— Abraham Lincoln Modern

Preserved the Union, ended slavery

Context

First Inaugural Address

Date / Period

1861

Source

https://www.archives.gov/milestone-documents/lincoln-first-inaugural-address

Verification

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Explanation

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