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Galraedia

(5,026 posts) Fri Apr 6, 2012, 11:33 PM Apr 2012

Republican rhetoric about "the politics of envy" has Lincoln spinning in his grave. (Photo)

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Republican rhetoric about "the politics of envy" has Lincoln spinning in his grave. (Photo) (Original Post) Galraedia Apr 2012 OP

Coincidentally, I just finished watching a documentary on Lincoln's life. JDPriestly Apr 2012 #1

JDPriestly

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1. Coincidentally, I just finished watching a documentary on Lincoln's life.

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Sat Apr 7, 2012, 02:56 AM

Apr 2012

As a young man over 18, he is reported to have been sent by his father to work on other farms as a laborer and to have been required by law to give his pay to his father.

No wonder he eventually opposed slavery.

What an amazing man.

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