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To transmit these — the former unprofaned by the foot of an invader,…

Quote byAbraham Lincoln · 1809–1865

Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The Lyceum Address (1838).

English (original)

to transmit these — the former unprofaned by the foot of an invader, the latter undecayed by the lapse of time and untorn by usurpation — to the latest generation

— Abraham Lincoln

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