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Prof. Lincoln in his great feat of balancing.

"Prof. Lincoln in his great feat of balancing."

Here the president is portrayed as a jester. He balances War, represented by Fort Sumter, South Carolina, where the war broke out, and Peace, represented by a dove.

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