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Abraham Lincoln

Pronunciation pronunciation key
aybrăham linkăn

Definition 
Archetype of a resolute, honest politician. Abraham Lincoln (1809–65) was president of the United States during the traumatic years of the Civil War. He was a stalwart opponent of slavery but strongly believed in sustaining the Union, even at the cost of thousands of dead on both sides in the war. Adored and hated in almost equal measure, he had a reputation for great nobility of spirit, and was popularly dubbed "Honest Abe." He died just after the end of the war when he was assassinated at Ford's Theater on April 14, 1865, by the deranged actor John Wilkes Booth. The late ambassador had the patient steadfastness of an Abraham Lincoln. See also Gettysburg Address.

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