Remembering Abraham Lincoln’s First Inaugural Address

Published March 4, 2011 8:00pm ET



In honor of the 150th anniversary of the inauguration of Abraham Lincoln, stop whatever irrelevant busywork you’re engaged in and take a moment — well, half an hour — to read one of the greatest of presidential utterances. If your busywork won’t wait half an hour, skip to the last paragraph. It’s a boffo finish:

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