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Abraham LincolnAbraham Lincoln

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A sweet plaintive song did I hear,
  And I fancied that she was the singer—
May emotions as pure, as that song set a-stir
  Be the worst that the future shall bring her.
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Abraham Lincoln
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Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln, the sixteenth president of the United States from 1861 to 1865, led the Union during the Civil War and emancipated slaves in the south in 1863; shortly after the end of the war, John Wilkes Booth assassinated him. As an outspoken opponent of…

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