"The Lord prefers common-looking people. That is why he makes so many of them."

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"The Lord prefers common-looking people. That is why he makes so many of them."

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"I am humble Abraham Lincoln. I have been solicited by my friends to become a candidate for the Legislature. My politics are short and sweet, like the old woman's dance."

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