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As you read the passage below from the end of Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address, think about how his words support the purpose of the speech.

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 goal in the conclusion of his speech?

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His goal is to urge national healing and reconciliation after the Civil War — to reject revenge ("malice toward none"), practice compassion ("charity for all"), pursue justice firmly, care for veterans and their families, and work to restore the Union and secure a just, lasting peace.