Few can be induced to labor exclusively for posterity

Abraham Lincoln
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Few can be induced to labor exclusively for posterity - Posterity has done nothing for us ✨ Ulysses S. Grant, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Stephen Crane, Jefferson Davis, Abraham Lincoln (2012). The Modern Library Civil War Bookshelf 5-Book Bundle: Personal Memoirs, Uncle Tom's Cabin, The Red Badge of Courage, Jefferson Davis: The Essential Writings, The Life and Writings of Abraham Lincoln, p.2339, Modern Library
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