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Abraham Lincoln1809–1865

No personal significance or insignificance can spare one or another of us. The fiery trial through which we pass will light us down in honor or dishonor to the latest generation.

Abraham Lincoln on honor

Lincoln’s Second Annual Message to Congress (1862)

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