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read lincoln's second inaugural address on the web and write a short report explaining lincoln's desires for the nation after the war.

A Spotlight on a Primary Source by Abraham Lincoln. ... Rather, it offered Lincoln's most profound reflections on the causes and meaning of the war. The "scourge of war," he explained, was best understood as divine punishment for the sin of slavery, a sin in which all Americans, North as well as South, were complicit.

"Though he wanted to be clear that slavery caused “this mighty scourge of war,” he ended on a hopeful note of binding up the nation’s wounds. His message of “charity for all” diverted some Republican desires for harsh retribution against the South."

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