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Quotation from Second Inaugural Address by Abraham Lincoln
“Both read the same Bible and pray to the same God, and each invokes His aid against the other.”
Second Inaugural Address, Paragraph 3 (Inaugural Addresses of the Presidents (GPO, 1989), Avalon Project)
The observation that opens Lincoln's reflection on providence and the war.
Citation: "Both read the same Bible and pray to the same God, and each invokes His aid against the other." — Abraham Lincoln, Second Inaugural Address, Paragraph 3 (Inaugural Addresses of the Presidents (GPO, 1989), Avalon Project). (id lincoln-second-inaugural-address-q2)
Portrait: Abraham Lincoln giving his second Inaugural Address (4 March 1865), Alexander Gardner, Public domain.
