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that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth
Abraham Lincolnverified·Address at the Dedication of the Gettysburg National Cemetery·November 19, 1863
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I had the grief of neglected chances of escape to brood over
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Thus, even as the colonists embarked on a course to secure their own freedom and equality, they ensured perpetuation of the system that deprived a whole race of those rights.