Republican (nationalist) President Abraham Lincoln, of the united States, a letter to Eliza P. Gurney writes, “If I had my way, this war would never have been commenced … but … we must believe that He [God] permits it for some wise purpose of his own, mysterious and unknown to us. …”
[added 4/3/2022] Thanks to Freedom’s Phoenix for this entry.
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References:
Abraham Lincoln, “Reply to Eliza P. Gurney,” Collected Works, edited by Roy P. Basler, seven volumes, (New Brunswick, New Jersey: Rutgers University Press, 1953), 5:478.
The Real Lincoln—LewRockwell.com.htm
www.lewrockwell.com/2013/06/thomas-dilorenzo/the-real-lincoln-2/
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