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I think that God means that we shall do more than we have yet done in furtherance of his plans and he will open the way for our doing it.

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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