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Every blade of grass is a study and to produce two, where there was but one, is both a profit and a pleasure.

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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Sir, my concern is not whether God is on our side my greatest concern is to be on God's side, for God is always right.
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My wife is as handsome as when she was a girl, and I...fell in love with her and what is more, I have never fallen out.
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