Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation Metal Print

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We know almost everything there is to know about Abraham Lincoln, but each generation puts upon him a different stamp of greatness. He was one who, in the words of Stephen Spender, wore at his heart the fire's center, and one who "born of the sun, left the vivid air singed with their honor," In his First Inaugural Address, Lincon said to the South, "We are not enemies, but friends. Passion may have strained, but it must not break our bonds of affection." And when the greatest of rebellions ended, Lincoln saw to it that not one soldier who bore arms against the United States was punished for treason. To freemen and slaves alike he was "Father Abraham." Simple and sincere, he dealt with all equally; not to slaves alone was he the "Great Emancipator." At Gettysburg, and again in his Second Inaugural Address, Lincoln reached heights of eloquence unknown since Pericles' Funeral Oration. No other American -- perhaps no other statesman of recent centuries -- has been so celebrated in song and...