Next to Washington he was the greatest American.

而他也是继华盛顿之后第二伟大的美国人。

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Less than a week later, on April 14, 1865, Abraham Lincoln was shot at the Ford Theater in Washington. He died the next day from his wounds.

不到一个星期后，也就是1865年4月14日，亚伯拉罕·林肯在华盛顿的福特剧院被枪杀。第二天，他因伤势严重而死亡。

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"I thought I could get a free trip to Washington," he wrote.

“我想我可能得到一个机会，免费前往华盛顿，”他写道。

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He arrived in Washington in the spring of 1842 with the power to settle all disputes with the United States.

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And he poses for this photo as an intake photo as he enters St. Elizabeth's Hospital for the Insane in Washington.

这是他在入住华盛顿圣伊丽莎白精神病院时,所拍的入住照片。

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He also built a sports center in Landover,Maryland for this team and the hockey team he owned called the Washington Capitals.

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But the Washington he must operate in is very much unchanged by the results of the 2012 elections.

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And when he is here in Washington he has briefings in person in the Oval Office with his national security team regularly.

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He surrounded himself with seasoned if fractious advisers, and during his first weekend in Washington he asked Seward to look over his Inaugural Address.

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