Both [North and South] read the same Bible, and pray to the same God; and each invokes His aid against the other. It may seem strange that any men should dare to ask a just God's assistance in wringing their bread from the sweat of other men's faces; but let us judge not, that we be not judged.


second inaugural address, 1865


Both [North and South] read the same Bible, and pray to the same God; and each invokes His aid against the other. It may seem strange that any men...

Both [North and South] read the same Bible, and pray to the same God; and each invokes His aid against the other. It may seem strange that any men...

Both [North and South] read the same Bible, and pray to the same God; and each invokes His aid against the other. It may seem strange that any men...

Both [North and South] read the same Bible, and pray to the same God; and each invokes His aid against the other. It may seem strange that any men...