If we could first know where we are, and whither we are tending, we co…

Abraham Lincoln
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If we could first know where we are, and whither we are tending, we could then better judge what to do, and how to do it. ✨ Abraham Lincoln, Stephen Arnold Douglas, Rodney O. Davis, Douglas Lawson Wilson (2008). The Lincoln-Douglas Debates, p.32, University of Illinois Press
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If we could first know where we are, and whither we are tending, we could then better judge what to do, and how to do it. ✨ Abraham Lincoln, Stephen Arnold Douglas, Rodney O. Davis, Douglas Lawson Wilson (2008). The Lincoln-Douglas Debates, p.32, University of Illinois Press

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