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If you sometimes
get discouraged,
consider this fellow:
He dropped out of grade school.
Ran a country store.
Went broke.
Took 15 years to pay off his bills.
Took a wife.
Unhappy marriage.
Ran for House.
Lost twice.
Ran for Senate.
Lost twice.
Delivered speech
that became a classic.
Audience indifferent.
Attacked daily
by the press
and despised
by half the country.
Despite all this,
imagine
how many people
all over the world
have been
inspired
by this awkward,
rumpled,
brooding man
who signed his name
simply
A. Lincoln
~~Author unknown |
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Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) |
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"If this is coffee, please bring me some tea; but if this is tea, please bring me some coffee." [Source unknown.] |
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"Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal." The Gettysburg Address, 1863 |
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"Quarrel not at all. No man resolved to make the most of himself can spare time for personal contention.... Better give your path to a dog than be bitten by him in contesting for the right. Even killing the dog would not cure the bite." Letter, October 26, 1863. |
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"When you have got an elephant by the hind leg, and he is trying to run away, it is best to let him run." [Source unknown] |
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"I don't know who my grandfather was; I am much more concerned to know what his grandson will be."
[Source unknown]
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Thanks to the following
for fireworks:
PurKat Solutions Clipart Gallery
CityWeb
BeardBros Ani-Gif Collection
4th of July (graphics) Index
Most of the above links are broken because the designers have moved or gone offline. I'll do my best to give a working link when I can find one. |
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