"With malice toward none; with charity for all". It was with magnanimity, solemnity, and humility that President Abraham Lincoln addressed a wearied nation divided in two. He was careful not to cover his political opponents (of whom he had many) in opprobrium. He sought, instead, a higher, nobler road toward unity and reconciliation. President Biden, in his speech on the "Soul of America" chose a different, lower path. In the process, he succeeded in inverting Lincoln's precept: "With charity for none; with malice toward all".