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But there was great tension about what Maryland, Delaware,
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Kentucky and Missouri would actually do.
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Lincoln is reported to have
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said that he hoped to have God on his side,
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but he was certain he wanted Kentucky.
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Now, there’s been a whole flurry of emails recently
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on the Slavery and History Network of historians online
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trying to trace that quote,
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just in the past couple of weeks.
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And the truth is nobody can actually find it anywhere.
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It's one of those many, many,
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many, probably apocryphal Lincoln quotes.