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We meet this evening, not in sorrow, but in gladness of heart.
Abraham Lincoln
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Abraham Lincoln
Age: 56 †
Born: 1809
Born: February 12
Died: 1865
Died: April 15
16Th U.S. President
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Singular indeed the people should be writhing under oppression and injury, and yet not one among them to be found, to raise the voice of complaint.
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Allow me to assure you, that suspicion and jealousy never did help any man in any situation.
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He has got the slows, Mr. Blair.
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