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  1. A quotation from Lincoln

    It is said an Eastern monarch once charged his wise men to invent him a sentence, to be ever in view, and which should be true and appropriate in all times and situations. They presented him the words: “And this, too, shall pass away.” How much it expresses! How chastening in the hour of pride! — how consoling in the depth of affliction!

    Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) American lawyer, politician, US President (1861-65)
    Speech (1859-09-30), Wisconsin State Agricultural Society, Milwaukee

    Sourcing, notes: wist.info/lincoln-abraham/5534…

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