"To the best of my judgment, I have labored for, and not against, the Union. As I have not felt, so I have not expressed any harsh sentiment towards our Southern brethren. I have constantly declared, as I really believed, the only difference between them and us is the difference of circumstances."

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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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