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He raised his hands, not to strike, but in benediction. Lincoln was the grandest figure of the fiercest civil war. He is the gentlest memory of our world.

Robert Green Ingersoll
Memories, War, Our World
Robert Green Ingersoll (1907). “The works of Robert G. Ingersoll”, p.680, Library of Alexandria
He raised his hands, not to strike, but in benediction. Lincoln was the grandest figure of the fiercest civil war. He is the gentlest memory of our world.