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To: koan who wrote (360210)	1/16/2018 12:18:28 PM
From: Wharf Rat	Read Replies (1) of 541604

"Many historians consider him our greatest president. So how does your comment fit it there? " LMAO. How many say he's the greatest liberal president ever? But, I digress; what makes you think great presidents don't have flaws? "Lincoln was a liberal in his age." The liberals were the abolitionists. He was not an abolitionist, and, when given the chance, didn't abolish it in states which had remained in the Union, because the Constitution permitted slavery. Lincoln's Reluctant War: How Abolitionists Leaned on the President ... theatlantic.com Oct 26, 2012 - Lincoln's Reluctant War: How Abolitionists Leaned on the President. For a group of passionate New Englanders, the Civil War was always a divine mission to end the scourge of slavery. It took a while for Lincoln to see things that way.

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