Question 16 (5 points)

How does Lincoln most closely end the Second Inaugural Address, as noted in the section below?

"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 lasting peace among ourselves, and with all nations."

a) With a request to the nation to sign a declaration of peace
b) With a promise to insurgents to provide economic pardon
c) With a promise to the Union to punish the insurgents
d) With a request to the nation to focus on healing