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The unpleasant events you are passing from will not have been profitless to you.
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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Violence begins where knowledge ends.
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As a general rule never take your whole fee in advance, nor any more than a small retainer. When fully paid beforehand, you are more than a common mortal if you can feel the same interest in the case, as if something was still in prospect for you, as well as for your client.
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The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew and act anew.
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A new book is like a friend that I have yet to meet
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I confess I hate to see the poor creatures hunted down but I bite my lip and keep quiet.
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As the problems are new, we must disenthrall ourselves from the past.
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