Lincoln's second inaugural address

Cultural  

1. A speech given by Abraham Lincoln at his inauguration for a second term as president, a few weeks before the Union victory in the Civil War. It concludes with this appeal for reconciliation: “With malice toward none; with charity for all; with firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in; to bind up the nation's wounds; to care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow, and his orphan — to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace among ourselves, and with all nations.”

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Example Sentences

His perspective on politics is infused with the humility of Abraham Lincoln’s second inaugural address and Augustine’s commentaries on the imperfections of human nature.

From Washington Post • Dec. 28, 2022

One part in particular, where he quotes Abraham Lincoln’s second inaugural address, fanned flames the most.

From Fox News • Nov. 22, 2018

Francis alluded to the Gettysburg Address and appeared to reference Lincoln’s second inaugural address, in which Lincoln spoke of healing the nation’s wounds “with malice toward none, with charity for all.”

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 24, 2015

Sherri Bell, a market development manager from Indianapolis, clasps boyfriend Brien Smith’s arm, as they read Lincoln’s second inaugural address.

From Washington Times • Apr. 11, 2015

At the police station, he is strip-searched, and an unlikely collection of items, including cash, a compass, a pocket- knife, and a newspaper clipping of Lincoln’s second inaugural address, are found in his pockets.

From "Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever" by Bill O'Reilly