As Lincoln got on the train that would take him to Washington, he said: "I now leave, not knowing when -- or whether ever I may return.

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May no fate willfully misunderstand me And half grant what I wish and snatch me away not to return.

别来个命运之神，故意曲解我,只成全我愿望的一半，把我卷了走。

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