“We know the past and its great events, the present in its multitudinous complications, chiefly through faith in the testimony of others.”
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Mr. Lincoln's elevation shows that in America every station in life may be honorable; that there is no barrier against the humblest; but that merit, wherever it exists, has the opportunity to be known.
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Of history, how little do we know by personal contact; we have lived a few years, seen a few men, witnessed some important events; but what are these in the whole sum of the world's past.
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Napoleon was probably the equal at least of Washington in intellect, his superior in education. Both of them were successful in serving the state.
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If you live for pleasure, your ability to enjoy it may pass away and your senses grow dim.
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