In 1863, when the Emancipation Proclamation was signed, he brought his old friend, Joshua Speed, back to the White House, and remembered that conversation of decades before, when he was so sad.
1863年，解放黑人奴隶宣言颁布， 他让老朋友约书亚·斯皮得重回白宫。 他想起了几十年前最艰难时候他们之间的对话