The Complete Papers and Writings of Abraham Lincoln Quotes

“It is a very poor thing, whether for nations or individuals, to advance the history of great deeds done in the past as an excuse for doing poorly in the present; but it is an excellent thing to study the history of the great deeds of the past, and of the great men who did them, with an earnest desire to profit thereby so as to render better service in the present.”
― Abraham Lincoln, The Complete Papers and Writings of Abraham Lincoln

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― Abraham Lincoln, The Complete Papers and Writings of Abraham Lincoln