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Steel wheat penny at Central Jersey Rare Coins Blog. View high resolution

Steel wheat penny at Central Jersey Rare Coins Blog.

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Others have been made fools of by the girls; but this can never be the truth said of me. I most emphatically, in this instance, made a fool of myself.
Abraham Lincoln. A Treasury of Lincoln Quotations by Fred Kerner, 1965.
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The Saviour of the world chose twelve disciples, and even one of that small number, selected by superhuman wisdom, turned out a traitor and a devil.
Abraham Lincoln. A Treasury of Lincoln Quotations by Fred Kerner, 1965.
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It is an old maxim and a very sound one that he that dances should always pay the fiddler.
Abraham Lincoln. A Treasury of Lincoln Quotations by Fred Kerner, 1965.
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Sound your own horn, for behold if you sound not your own horn your horn shall not be sounded.
Abraham Lincoln. A Treasury of Lincoln Quotations by Fred Kerner, 1965.
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I believe it is universally understood and acknowledged that all men will ever act correctly, unless they have a motive to do otherwise.
Abraham Lincoln. A Treasury of Lincoln Quotations by Fred Kerner, 1965.
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I have found that when one is embarrassed usually the shortest way to get through with it is to quit talking or thinking about it and go at something else.
Abraham Lincoln. A Treasury of Lincoln Quotations by Fred Kerner, 1965.
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The Bible says somewhere that we are desperately selfish. I think we would have discovered that fact without the Bible.
Abraham Lincoln. A Treasury of Lincoln Quotations by Fred Kerner, 1965.

Emancipation

Latin e, away; manus, hand; and capere, take.  Literally, when Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, he told the slave-owner to take away his hand.

In a Word by Margaret S. Ernst, 1939.

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Abraham Lincoln
His hand and pen
He will be good but
God knows when.
Quatrain by Abraham Lincoln (written when a very young man). American Ballads: Naughty, Ribald and Classic by Charles O’Brien Kennedy, 1952.
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I have never studied the art of paying compliments to women, but I must say that if all that has been said by orators and poets since the creation of the world in praise of women were applied to the women of America, it would not do them justice. God bless the women of America.
Abraham Lincoln. Toasts by Paul Dickson, 1991.

Illinois

The highlight of a collection of Lincolniana and state lore is Walt Disney’s moving, talking figure of Abe Lincoln himself.

Official Guide, New York World’s Fair, 1965.

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It has been my experience that folks who have no vices have very few virtues.
Abraham Lincoln,  Ain’t Nobody’s Business If You Do by Peter McWilliams, 1993.

Gingerbread Layer Cake

Filled with clouds of whipped cream, this cake was Abraham Lincoln’s favorite Christmas dessert.

Ingredients:  honey, ginger, cinnamon, cloves, flour, baking powder, salt, butter, baking soda, brown sugar, grated lemon rind, egg, buttermilk, whipped cream, grated orange rind, grated semi-sweet chocolate.

Visions of Sugarplums by Mimi Sheraton, 1968.