Our strife pertains to ourselves - to the passing generations of men and it can without convulsion be hushed forever with the passing of one generation. (Abraham Lincoln)

Our strife pertains to ourselves - to the passing generations of men and it can without convulsion be hushed forever with the passing of one generation.

Abraham Lincoln

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