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Woe unto the world because of offenses for it must needs be that offenses come, but woe to that man by whom the offense cometh.

Abraham Lincoln

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Abraham Lincoln
Age: 56 †
Born: 1809
Born: February 12
Died: 1865
Died: April 15
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What has ever threatened our liberty and prosperity save and except this institution of Slavery?
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A fellow once came to me to ask for an appointment as a minister abroad. Finding he could not get that, he came down to some more modest position. Finally, he asked to be made a tide-waiter. When he saw he could not get that, he asked me for an old pair of trousers. It is sometimes well to be humble.
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