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Some have deplored Lincoln’s indifference to Christianity. But it was not religion, it was religiosity that put him off.

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Bribe Happiness Myself Quite
We are pleased to dismiss politics as entirely corrupt, if not financially, intellectually.
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Financial Intellectual Politics
While campaigning, I got to know many high-school teachers, and let me say that the good ones are the unsung heroes of our society, and the bad ones are the gravediggers.
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One is sorry one could not have taken both branches of the road. But we were not allotted multiple selves.
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Damage End Greatness Nation Powerful War
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Poem Police
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Black Communist Hate Result World
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God Graduation Known Yourself
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Born Father Myself Remember
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Finding Greatness Pleasure Possible
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Class Genius heavy Ourselves Rule System
Envy is the central fact of American life.
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If you are a Representative and want to be a Senator, you must be careful not to do anything which might upset the various forces you need to harness to get elected.
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Some have deplored Lincoln’s indifference to Christianity. But it was not religion, it was religiosity that put him off.

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