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That poem, according to James H. Matheny, “was Lincoln’s religion.”${}^{167}$ Lincoln poked fun at the doctrine of damnation by telling a story about a Methodist parson who criticized a Universalist minister: “Why, the impertinent fellow declared that all shall be saved, but, my dear Brethren, let us hope for better things.”${}^{168}$

Source: Abraham Lincoln∶ A Life ▫𓂃

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