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Quotation from Second Inaugural Address by Abraham Lincoln
“The Almighty has His own purposes.”
Second Inaugural Address, Paragraph 3 (Inaugural Addresses of the Presidents (GPO, 1989), Avalon Project)
The six-word hinge of the address, after Lincoln notes that neither side's prayers have been answered fully.
Citation: "The Almighty has His own purposes." — Abraham Lincoln, Second Inaugural Address, Paragraph 3 (Inaugural Addresses of the Presidents (GPO, 1989), Avalon Project). (id lincoln-second-inaugural-address-q4)
Portrait: Abraham Lincoln giving his second Inaugural Address (4 March 1865), Alexander Gardner, Public domain.
