The interesting thing to me abt Lincoln is his inconsistency. His 1st and 2nd inaugural speeches sound like two completely different people
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Maybe he really did grow more empathy for the enslaved, maybe it was cynical politics, maybe the war drove him into a revenge mindset
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People have been pushing all three of those theories for decades
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In 1861 he was still trying to prevent war from breaking out. I feel like 1865 Lincoln was the real one.
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I think we have to remember that an open abolitionist had zero chance of being elected president.
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