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2024-10-29 12:06:16 UTC - NOT_HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 861BF781CCA0CB58A1272B7D6D320E1725C8D9C28DD4E5AF57C600066A44A164
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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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