Lincoln's main goal in this passage is to promote forgiveness and healing in the aftermath of the Civil War. He emphasizes the need for charity, unity, and a focus on rebuilding the nation rather than harboring resentment.
Read the following excerpt from Second Inaugural Address and answer the question.
With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation's wounds, to care for him who shall have borne the battle and for his widow and his orphan, to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace among ourselves and with all nations.
What is Lincoln's main goal in this passage?
To emphasize the importance of winning the Civil War at all costs.
To call for continued efforts to fight against slavery.
To promote forgiveness and healing in the aftermath of the Civil War.
To highlight the need for the United States to become a global superpower.
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