I know not how to aid you, save in the assurance of one of mature age,…

Abraham Lincoln
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I know not how to aid you, save in the assurance of one of mature age, and much severe experience, that you can not fail, if you resolutely determine, that you will not. ✨ Abraham Lincoln (1989). Abraham Lincoln: Speeches & Writings Part 2: 1859-1865: Library of America #46, p.174, Library of America
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