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I find quite as much material for a lecture in those points wherein I have failed, as in those wherein I have been moderately successful.
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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Every blade of grass is a study and to produce two, where there was but one, is both a profit and a pleasure.
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What has ever threatened our liberty and prosperity save and except this institution of Slavery?
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If they do kill me, I shall never die another death.
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I was born and have ever remaind [sic] in the most humble walks of life.
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