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2023-02-22 18:16:18 UTC - NOT_HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 26D2760D9A57E7B16EE80E183C30C4035CF0658A19B8E04826CB4D75FE96962C
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The Lincoln quote is technically “real” but is taken wildly out of context, which distorts its meaning. Original here: https://www.nytimes.com/1862/08/24/archives/a-letter-from-president-lincoln-reply-to-horace-greeley-slavery-and.html The Lee quote is spurious, the single source being a reminiscence by Presbyterian pastor John Leyburn fourteen years after Lee's death (https://books.google.com/books?id=IFciAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA166&dq=interview#v=onepage&q=interview&f=false) More details: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/lincoln-and-lees-views-on-slavery/
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