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I don't know who my grandfather was I am much more concerned to know what his grandson will be.
Abraham Lincoln
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Abraham Lincoln
Age: 56 †
Born: 1809
Born: February 12
Died: 1865
Died: April 15
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I have always hated slavery, I think as much as any Abolitionist.
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Our reliance is in the love of liberty which God has planted in our bosoms.
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People are just as happy as they choose to be.
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We hoped for a happy termination of this terrible war long before this but God knows best, and has ruled otherwise. We shall yet acknowledge His wisdom and our own error therein.
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As a general rule, I abstain from reading reports of attacks upon myself, wishing not to be provoked by that to which I cannot properly offer an answer.
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