Nation: LINCOLN AND MODERN AMERICA

Friday, May. 10, 1963
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in a real sense the last, best hope of earth. They are heard in the words Lincoln wrote in a year of approaching victory: "Thanks to all. For the great Republic—for the principle it lives by and keeps alive—for man's vast future—thanks to all."

*Then the capital of Illinois, moved to Springfield in 1839 largely as a result of Lincoln's own efforts.

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