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Lincoln's Greatest Speech: The Second Inaugural (Simon & Schuster Lincoln Library) (Reprint Edition) by Ronald C. White Paperback, 256 Pages, Published 2006 ISBN-10: 0-7432-9962-0 / 0743299620 ISBN-13: 978-0-7432-9962-6 / 9780743299626 After four years of unspeakable horror and sacrifice on both sides, the Civil War was about to end. On March 4, 1865, at his Second Inaugural, President Lincoln did not offer the North the victory speech it yearned for, nor did he blame the South solely for the sin of slavery. Calling the whole nati |