It is rather for us here dedicated to the great task remaining before us, that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion.
Abraham Lincoln
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- I do the very best I know how - the very best I can and I mean to keep on doing so until the end.
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- The things I want to know are in books my best friend is the man who'll get me a book I ain't read.
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