Excerpt from --Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address Abraham Lincoln
With malice toward none; with charity for all with firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish
the work we are in; to bind up the nation's wounds; to care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow, and his
orphan-to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace among ourselves, and with all nations
The ideas presented in Lincoln's second inaugural address were mainly influenced by
A
the slaves in the South
B)
his strong religious beliefs.
C)
his burning passion to be re-elected.
D)
the Civil War that began during his first term of office.