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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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I hear you have abolitionists here. We have a few in Illinois, but we shot one the other day.
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