As you read the passage below from the end of Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address, think about how his words support the purpose of the speech.

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.

What is Lincoln's goal in the conclusion of his speech?
A. to create a feeling of compassion for the widows and orphans of Civil War soldiers
B. to establish the conditions and terms of the end of the fighting
C. to emphasize the importance of winning the war and proceeding as a united nation
D. to warn the South that the North intends to keep on fighting