| Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989. | | | |
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| | | NUMBER: | 843 |
| AUTHOR: | Abraham Lincoln (180965) |
| QUOTATION: | We meet this evening, not in sorrow, but in gladness of heart. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | President ABRAHAM LINCOLN, last public address, April 11, 1865.The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, ed. Roy P. Basler, vol. 8, p. 399 (1953).
On April 9 Lee had surrendered. |
| SUBJECTS: | Happiness |
| WORKS: | Abraham Lincoln Collection | | |
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