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A nation that does not honor its heroes will not long endure.

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Such a man the times have demanded, and such, in the providence of God was given us. But he is gone. Let us strive to deserve, as far as mortals may, the continued care of Divine Providence, trusting that, in future national emergencies, He will not fail to provide us the instruments of safety and security.

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If I were to try to read, much less answer, all the attacks made on me, this shop might as well be closed for any other business. I do the very best I know how - the very best I can; and I mean to keep doing so until the end. If the end brings me out all right, what's said against me won't amount to anything. If the end brings me out wrong, ten angels swearing I was right would make no difference.

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I did say, at Chicago, in my speech there, that I do wish to see the spread of slavery arrested and to see it placed where the public mind shall rest in the belief that it is in course of ultimate extinction.

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The working men are the basis of all governments, for the plain reason that they are the most numerous.

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Money powers prey upon the nation in times of peace & conspire against it in times of adversity.

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By the 'mud-sill' theory it is assumed that labor and education are incompatible; and any practical combination of them impossible. According to that theory, a blind horse upon a tread-mill, is a perfect illustration of what a laborer should be -- all the better for being blind, that he could not tread out of place, or kick understandingly. According to that theory, the education of laborers, is not only useless, but pernicious, and dangerous. In fact, it is, in some sort, deemed a misfortune that laborers should have heads at all.

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The plainest print cannot be read through a gold eagle.

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Our progress in degeneracy appears to me to be pretty rapid.

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By adoption of these principles, the long-felt want for a uniform medium will be satisfied. The taxpayers will be saved immense sums of interest, discounts, and exchanges. The financing of all public enterprises, the maintenance of stable government and ordered progress, and the conduct of the Treasury will become matters of practical administration. The people can and will be furnished with a currency as safe as their own government.

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Lamon, that speech won't scour. It is a flat failure and the people are disappointed.

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Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to compromise whenever you can. As a peacemaker the lawyer has superior opportunity of being a good man. There will still be business enough.

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When I got him out he was near froze solid and shivering. He was shaking so hard that I wasted half a glass of whiskey trying to aim it for his mouth. Must have got enough of it into him, though, since it did seem to bring him back to life.

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Oh, that [his Thanksgiving Message] is some of Seward's nonsense, and it pleases the fools.

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Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.

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

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confused and Stunned, like a duck hit on the head.

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Nations like individuals are subjected to punishments and chastisements in this world.

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I cannot make it better known than it already is that I strongly favor colonization.

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I would like to speak in terms of praise due to the many brave officers and soldiers who have fought in the cause of the war.

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