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Excerpt from Life of Lincoln, Vol. 2: Lincoln the President
Now Lincoln had been elected by a composite vote, and he realized that political expediency, good faith, propriety and Justice all demanded that he should make an eqmtable division of the offices between the two political factors, which, united, had secured his election As soon as his election had been assured, he resolved upon the various members of his Cabinet, so far as his per sonal Wish was concerned, the Administration representing the old parties equally, thus.
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