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Let us strive on to finish the work we are in.

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Abraham Lincoln
Age: 56 †
Born: 1809
Born: February 12
Died: 1865
Died: April 15
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As a nation we began by declaring that all me are created equal. We now practically read it, all men are created equal except Negroes.
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Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we think of it the tree is the real thing.
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Received as I am by the members of a legislature the majority of whom do not agree with me in political sentiments, I trust that I may have their assistance in piloting the ship of state through this voyage, surrounded by perils as it is for if it should suffer wreck now, there will be no pilot ever needed for another voyage.
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It is not our frowning battlements...or the strength our gallant and disciplined army? These are not our reliance against a resumption of tyranny in our fair land... Our defense is in the preservation of the spirit which prizes liberty as the heritage of all men, in all lands, everywhere.
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I belive that people should fight for what they believe and only what they believe.
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Military glory-that attractive rainbow, that rises in showers of blood-that serpent's eye, that charms to destroy.
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With this honor devolves upon you also a corresponding responsibility. As the country herein trusts you, so under God it will sustain you.
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I sincerely wish war was a pleasanter and easier business than it is, but it does not admit of holidays.
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It is a good face. I am glad this war is over at last.
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I find quite as much material for a lecture in those points wherein I have failed, as in those wherein I have been moderately successful.
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In this troublesome world, we are never quite satisfied. When you were here, I thought you hindered me some in attending to business but now, having nothing but business---no variety---it has grown exceedingly tasteless to me. I hate to sit down and direct documents, and I hate to stay in this old room by myself.
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No man is good enough to govern another man without the other's consent.
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You think slavery is right and ought to be extended while we think it is wrong and ought to be restricted. That I suppose is the rub. It certainly is the only substantial difference between us.
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In the early days of the world, the Almighty said to the first of our race In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread and since then, if we except the light and the air of heaven, no good thing has been, or can be enjoyed by us, without having first cost labour.
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