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This Dust Was Once the Man.

Part of the cluster MEMORIES OF PRESIDENT LINCOLN.

THIS DUST WAS ONCE THE MAN.

THIS dust was once the man, Gentle, plain, just and resolute, under whose cautious hand, Against the foulest crime in history known in any land or age, Was saved the Union of these States.

Part of the cluster MEMORIES OF PRESIDENT LINCOLN.

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