With educated people, I suppose, punctuation is a matter of rule; with…

Abraham Lincoln
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With educated people, I suppose, punctuation is a matter of rule; with me it is a matter of feeling. But I must say I have a great respect for the semicolin; it's a useful little chap ✨ Abraham Lincoln (1982). Abraham Lincoln, wisdom & wit, Peter Pauper Pr
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