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Books serve to show a man that those original thoughts of his aren't very new after all.

Books serve to show a man that those original thoughts of his aren’t very new after all.
– Abraham Lincoln

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  9. If any man ceases to attack me, I never remember the past against him. – Abraham Lincoln
  10. I believe the Bible is the best gift God has ever given to man. All the good from The Savior of the world is communicated to us through this Book. – Abraham Lincoln
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