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According to Wiki (again) 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincoln%27s_second_inaugural_address

From "Meditations on the Divine Will". In that manuscript, Lincoln wrote:

    The will of God prevails — In great contests each party claims to 
act in accordance with the will of God. Both may be, and one must be 
wrong. God cannot be for, and against the same thing at the same time. 
In the present civil war it is quite possible that God's purpose is 
somewhat different from the purpose of either party — and yet the human 
instrumentalities, working just as they do, are of the best adaptation 
to effect this.




Lynn Wigglesworth wrote:
> Bob; I don't know if she was paraphrasing Lincoln...didn't he think that 
> the Civil War was a punishment from God (for both sides)? 

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