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Abraham Lincoln
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I can see how it might be possible for a man to look down upon the earth and be an atheist, but I cannot conceive how a man could look up into the heavens and say there is no God. ✨ Abraham Lincoln (2001). Lincoln's Words: Sentiments from the 16th President of the United States
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I can see how it might be possible for a man to look down upon the earth and be an atheist, but I cannot conceive how a man could look up into the heavens and say there is no God. ✨ Abraham Lincoln (2001). Lincoln's Words: Sentiments from the 16th President of the United States

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