We have been the recipients of the choicest bounties of Heaven; we hav…

Abraham Lincoln
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We have been the recipients of the choicest bounties of Heaven; we have been preserved these many years in peace and prosperity; we have grown in numbers, wealth, and power as no other nation has ever grown. ✨ Abraham Lincoln (2008). The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, p.156, Wildside Press LLC
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