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2024-10-29 11:51:07 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 0459F7FE14581753AFEE38F3AD5C7ED6391CFBD233904157A2363E7B20BCF034
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Original Note:
The Lincoln quote is cut off. It continues: "and if I could save it by freeing all the slaves I would do it[...]". He was explaining that his priority was to "save the Union". He had secretly decided to issue the Emancipation Proclamation before he wrote this letter. https://housedivided.dickinson.edu/sites/lincoln/letter-to-horace-greeley-august-22-1862/ http://classicallibrary.org/lincoln/greeley.htm http://www.abrahamlincolnonline.org/lincoln/speeches/greeley.htm
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