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Few can be induced to labor exclusively for posterity - Posterity has done nothing for us
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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Lonely men seek companionship. Lonely women sit at home and wait. They never meet.
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All that I am, or hope to be, I owe to my angel mother.
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A statesman is he who thinks in the future generations, and a politician is he who thinks in the upcoming elections.
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