Quote by Abraham Lincoln
A capacity, and taste, for reading, gives access to whatever has a

A capacity, and taste, for reading, gives access to whatever has already been discovered by others. It is the key, or one of the keys, to the already solved problems. And not only so. It gives a relish, and facility, for successfully pursuing the unsolved ones. – Abraham Lincoln

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The time comes upon every public man when it is best for him to keep his lips closed. – Abraham Lincoln

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The things I want to know are in books my best friend is the man wholl get me a book I aint read. – Abraham Lincoln

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He raised his hands, not to strike, but in benediction. Lincoln was the grandest figure of the fiercest civil war. He is the gentlest memory of our world. – Robert G. Ingersoll

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As President, I have no eyes but constitutional eyes; I cannot see you. – Abraham Lincoln

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Would I might rouse the Lincoln in you all. – Vachel Lindsay

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