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Anne Rutledge

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Out of me unworthy and unknown         The vibrations of deathless music;         "With malice toward none, with charity for all.',         Out of me the forgiveness of millions toward millions,         And the beneficent face of a nation         Shining with justice and truth.         I am Anne Rutledge who sleep beneath these weeds,         Beloved in life of Abraham Lincoln,         Wedded to him, not through union, But through separation.         Bloom forever, O Republic,         From the dust of my bosom!

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