Abraham Lincoln:

Our republican robe is soiled and trailed in the dust. Let us repurify it. Let us turn and wash it white, in the spirit, if not the blood, of the Revolution. Let us make our name of American, the kindred of one another, and thus we shall not only be brothers, but a band of brothers, and with the blessing of God, go forward.

— Abraham Lincoln Modern

Preserved the Union, ended slavery

Context

Speech at Springfield, Illinois

Date / Period

1858

Source

https://quod.lib.umich.edu/l/lincoln/lincoln2/1:107.1?rgn=div2;view=fulltext

Verification

Unverifiable

Explanation

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Method

Cross Reference

Sources Checked

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