1.Inauguration Day 21 -- 2. "At this second appearing ..." 43 -- 3. "And the war came." 60 -- 4. "... somehow, the cause of the war ..." 81 -- 5. "Both read the same Bible, and pray to the same God ..." 100 -- 6. "The Almighty has His own purposes." 121 -- 7. "... every drop of blood drawn with the lash, shall be paid by another drawn with the sword ..." 150 -- 8. "With malice toward none; with charity for all ..." 164 -- 9. "... better than anything I have produced, but ... it is not immediately popular." 180 -- Appendix I Text of the Second Inaugural Address 205 -- Appendix II Lincoln's "Little Speech": Letter to Albert G. Hodges 207 -- Appendix III Abraham Lincoln: "Meditation on the Divine Will" 209.