"Fellow citizens, we cannot escape history. We, of this Congress and this administration, will be remembered in spite of ourselves. No personal significance, or insignificance, can spare one or another of us. The fiery trial through which we pass will light us down in honor or dishonor, to the latest generation."

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Abraham Lincoln was the 16th president of the United States. He led the country through the American Civil War and issued the Emancipation Proclamation.

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