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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How many legs does a dog have if you call the tail a leg? Four. Calling a tail a leg doesnt make it a leg. – Abraham Lincoln

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I am rather inclined to silence, and whether that be wise or not, it is at least more unusual nowadays to find a man who can hold his tongue than to find one who cannot. – Abraham Lincoln

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My dream is of a place and a time where America will once again be seen as the last best hope of earth. – Abraham Lincoln

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It is error alone which needs the support of government. Truth can stand by itself. – Thomas Jefferson, Notes on Virginia

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There are no accidents in my philosophy. Every effect must have its cause. The past is the cause of the present, and the present will be the cause of the future. All these are links in the endless chain stretching from the finite to the infinite. – Abraham Lincoln

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Let him who looks for a monument to Washington look around the United States. Your freedom, your independence, your national power, your prosperity, and your prodigious growth are a monument to him. – Louis Kossuth

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What is conservatism? Is it not adherence to the old and tried, against the new and untried? – Abraham Lincoln

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