Read this excerpt from Abraham Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address, delivered on April 10, 1865.
With malice toward none; with charity for all; with firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in; to bind up the nation's wounds; to care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow, and his orphan -- to do all which may achieve and cherish a just, and a lasting peace, among ourselves, and with all nations.
Which sentence correctly uses Lincoln's ideas and avoids plagiarism?
He encouraged Americans to "strive on and finish what they started" to win the Civil War (Lincoln).
He insisted that the defeated Confederate states needed to be treated with "malice" and no charity. (Lincoln)
He wanted people to act with firmness in the right, meaning confidence and faith in their own moral compass. (Lincoln)
He urged all Americans to act "with malice toward none" and "with charity for all" once the Civil War ended (Lincoln).