“Broken eggs can not be mended”

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With Malice Toward None

The Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Exhibition

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myLOC » Exhibitions » With Malice Toward None: The Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Exhibition » The Presidency » Lincoln as Commander in Chief » Emancipation Proclamation » Transcription

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Still, to use a coarse, but an expressive figure, broken eggs can not be mended. I have issued the emancipation proclamation, and I can not retract it.

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