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Abraham Lincoln
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If this is coffee, please bring me some tea; but if this is tea, please bring me some coffee. ✨ Abraham Lincoln (1992). The Wit and Wisdom of Abraham Lincoln, Plume
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If this is coffee, please bring me some tea; but if this is tea, please bring me some coffee. ✨ Abraham Lincoln (1992). The Wit and Wisdom of Abraham Lincoln, Plume

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