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Mr. President, if you'll let me
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Abraham Lincoln

Mr. President,if you'll let me, I'm going to take those boysand make them into soldiers

Mr. President,
if you'll let me, I'm going to take those boys
and make them into soldiers

Full Transcript

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- Mr. President, if you'll let me,
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I'm going to take those boys and make them into soldiers.
Duration
11 seconds
Views
21
Timestamp in Movie
00:32:48
Uploaded
Mar 30, 2025
Season
1
Episode
2
Genres
documentary, biography, drama

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Movie Summary

Through a poverty-ridden childhood on the American frontier, Lincoln is determined to leave his mark on the world.
S01 • E01 He was chosen when he was about eight or nine years old - Abraham Lincoln 00:09
He was chosen when he was about eight or nine years old
S01 • E01 His mistress had never had a slave before - Abraham Lincoln 00:07
His mistress had never had a slave before
S01 • E02 They will have the best uniforms, the best rifles, - Abraham Lincoln 00:14
They will have the best uniforms, the best rifles,
S01 • E03 - Lincoln took people to the past, to 1776, - Abraham Lincoln 00:09
- Lincoln took people to the past, to 1776,
S01 • E01 And so out of the goodness of her heart - Abraham Lincoln 00:07
And so out of the goodness of her heart
S01 • E01 - And the more he reads, it's a fire in his belly. - Abraham Lincoln 00:05
- And the more he reads, it's a fire in his belly.
S01 • E03 Then to the present, to this great Civil War - Abraham Lincoln 00:14
Then to the present, to this great Civil War
S01 • E01 This is why they don't want to educate the Negro, - Abraham Lincoln 00:09
This is why they don't want to educate the Negro,
S01 • E02 And then I'm going to march - Abraham Lincoln 00:09
And then I'm going to march
S01 • E01 - [Kenneth] And Frederick knew that he would one day - Abraham Lincoln 00:06
- [Kenneth] And Frederick knew that he would one day
S01 • E03 And a proposition that all men are created equal - Abraham Lincoln 00:12
And a proposition that all men are created equal
S01 • E01 (horse neighing) - Abraham Lincoln 00:06
(horse neighing)
S01 • E02 (Lincoln sighs) - Abraham Lincoln 00:07
(Lincoln sighs)
S01 • E02 He was elected captain in the Blackhawk War, - Abraham Lincoln 00:08
He was elected captain in the Blackhawk War,
S01 • E03 Can a nation dedicated to that proposition - Abraham Lincoln 00:09
Can a nation dedicated to that proposition
S01 • E02 And he's very cognizant of that - Abraham Lincoln 00:07
And he's very cognizant of that
S01 • E03 And with this crucial phrase "a new birth of freedom" - Abraham Lincoln 00:16
And with this crucial phrase "a new birth of freedom&qu...
S01 • E01 Listen, that's where you have to be extra careful. - Abraham Lincoln 00:06
Listen, that's where you have to be extra careful.
S01 • E02 And so Lincoln will tap McClellan as the - Abraham Lincoln 00:07
And so Lincoln will tap McClellan as the
S01 • E02 Lincoln says to him, - Abraham Lincoln 00:07
Lincoln says to him,