We have all heard of Young America. He is the most current youth of th…

Abraham Lincoln
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We have all heard of Young America. He is the most current youth of the age. Some think him conceited, and arrogant; but has he not reason to entertain a rather extensive opinion of himself? Is he not the inventor and owner of the present, and sole hope of the future? ✨ Abraham Lincoln (2009). Abraham Lincoln: Selected Speeches and Writings, p.280, Library of America
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