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I read over a hundred books a year and have done so since I was fifteen years old, and every book I've read has taught me something.

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John George Nicolay

In the early West, law and politics were parallel roads to usefulness as well as distinction.

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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.

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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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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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Activity in politics also produces eager competition and sharp rivalry.

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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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