Surely God would not have created such a being as man, with an ability…

Abraham Lincoln
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Surely God would not have created such a being as man, with an ability to grasp the infinite, to exist only for a day! No, no, man was made for immortality. ✨ Abraham Lincoln, Archer Hayes Shaw (1980). The Lincoln encyclopedia: the spoken and written words of A. Lincoln arranged for ready reference, Greenwood Pub Group
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