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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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"Thou hast seen nothing yet."
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"All that we know is nothing, we are merely crammed wastepaper baskets, unless we are in touch with that which laughs at all our knowing."
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"Nothing very very good and nothing very very bad ever lasts for very very long."
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"A witty saying proves nothing."
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"The best way to be boring is to leave nothing out."
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"There is nothing so terrible as activity without insight."
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"Nothing is so common-place as to wish to be remarkable."
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"Be still when you have nothing to say; when genuine passion moves you, say what you've got to say, and say it hot."
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"Nothing ain't worth nothing but it's free."
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"Nothing revives the past so completely as a smell that was once associated with it."
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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."
Wisdom
"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 function of the politician, therefore, is one of continuous watchfulness and activity, and he must have intimate knowledge of details if he would work out grand results."
Work
"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
"Lincoln's stature and strength, his intelligence and ambition - in short, all the elements which gave him popularity among men in New Salem, rendered him equally attractive to the fair sex of that village."
Strength
"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."
Career
"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."
Death
"In the early West, law and politics were parallel roads to usefulness as well as distinction."
Politics
"Very few men are fortunate enough to gain distinction during their first term in Congress."
Man
"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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