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I intend no modification of my oft-expressed wish that all men everywhere could be free.

Abraham Lincoln

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Abraham Lincoln
Age: 56 †
Born: 1809
Born: February 12
Died: 1865
Died: April 15
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Towering genius disdains a beaten path ... It scorns to tread in the footsteps of any predecessor, however illustrious. It thirsts for distinction.
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A nation that does not honor its heroes will not long endure.
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