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"It is therefore not to be wondered at that Lincoln's single term in the House of Representatives at Washington added practically nothing to his reputation."
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"Nothing that you have not given away will ever be really yours."
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"As it is the characteristic of great wits to say much in few words, so small wits seem to have the gift of speaking much and saying nothing."
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"Since philosophy now criticizes everything it comes across, a critique of philosophy would be nothing less than a just reprisal."
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"There is nothing so difficult to marry as a large nose."
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"Even if you have nothing to write, write and say so."
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"Nothing is so unbelievable that oratory cannot make it acceptable."
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"Nothing like a little judicious levity."
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"Nothing is easy to the unwilling."
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"The world is all a carcass and vanity, The shadow of a shadow, a play And in one word, just nothing."
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"Nothing is so firmly believed as what we least know."
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"It may be assumed as an axiom that Providence has never gifted any political party with all of political wisdom or blinded it with all of political folly."
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"Very few men are fortunate enough to gain distinction during their first term in Congress."
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"Nobody understood better than Mr. Lincoln the obvious truth that in politics it does not suffice merely to nominate candidates. Something must also be done to elect them."
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"Lincoln's removal from New Salem to Springfield and his entrance into a law partnership with Major John T. Stuart begin a distinctively new period in his career."
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"In the early West, law and politics were parallel roads to usefulness as well as distinction."
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"It is therefore not to be wondered at that Lincoln's single term in the House of Representatives at Washington added practically nothing to his reputation."
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"The meetings of the legislature at Springfield then first brought together that splendid group of young men of genius whose phenomenal careers and distinguished services have given Illinois fame in the history of the nation."
History
"Activity in politics also produces eager competition and sharp rivalry."
Politics
"It turned out in the long run that Lincoln's credit and the popular confidence that supported it were as valuable both to his creditors and himself as if the sums which stood over his signature had been gold coin in a solvent bank."
Confidence
"The death of Mrs. Lincoln was a serious loss to her husband and children. Abraham's sister Sarah was only eleven years old, and the tasks and cares of the little household were altogether too heavy for her years and experience."
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