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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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Such a man the times have demanded, and such, in the providence of God was given us. But he is gone. Let us strive to deserve, as far as mortals may, the continued care of Divine Providence, trusting that, in future national emergencies, He will not fail to provide us the instruments of safety and security.
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The best time to stop a fight is before it starts. The best vitamin for developing friends is B1. The best way to destroy an enemy in to make him a friend.
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The highest art is always the most religious, and the greatest artist is always a devout person.
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Let us diligently apply the means, never doubting that a just God, in his own good time, will give us the rightful result.
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Prosperity is the fruit of labor. It begins with saving money.
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A right result, at this time, will be worth more to the world, than ten times the men, and ten times the money.
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I am a moderate walker, however I never stroll back.
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Half finished work generally proves to be labor lost.
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Let us do nothing through passion and ill temper.
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I am glad to see that a system of labor prevails under which laborers can strike when they want to.
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That on the first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred ans sixty-three, all persons held as slaves within any state or designated part of a State, the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the United States, shall be then, thence forward, and forever free.
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I can make brigadier generals, but i can't make horses.
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Am I not destroying my enemies when I make friends of them?
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I do not deny the possibility that the people may err in an election but if they do, the true [cure] is in the next election, and not in the treachery of the person elected.
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I think slavery is wrong, morally, and politically. I desire that it should be no further spread in these United States, and I should not object if it should gradually terminate in the whole Union.
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The only security a man can ever have is the ability to do a job uncommonly well.
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Public opinion, though often formed upon a wrong basis, yet generally has a strong underlying sense of justice.
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In this sad world of ours, sorrow comes to all, and it comes with bitter agony. Perfect relief is not possible, except with the passing of time.
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On the whole, my impression is that mercy bears richer fruits than any other attribute.
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All I have learned, I learned from books.
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