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The life of Abraham Lincoln is by most accounts an amazing study in character formation. Yet he was notoriously disorganized he even had a file in his law office labeled If you can't find it anywhere else, try looking here.

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John Ortberg
Age: 67
Born: 1957
Born: May 5
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