I like to see a man proud of the place in which he lives. I like to se…

Abraham Lincoln
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I like to see a man proud of the place in which he lives. I like to see a man live so that his place will be proud of him. ✨ Abraham Lincoln, Caroline Thomas Harnsberger (1950). The Lincoln treasury
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I like to see a man proud of the place in which he lives. I like to see a man live so that his place will be proud of him. ✨ Abraham Lincoln, Caroline Thomas Harnsberger (1950). The Lincoln treasury

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