I have never studied the art of paying compliments to women; but I mus…

Abraham Lincoln
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I have never studied the art of paying compliments to women; but I must say that if all that has been said by orators and poets since the creation of the world in praise of women were applied to the women of America, it would not do them justice for their conduct during this war. ✨ Abraham Lincoln, James Baird McClure (2006). Anecdotes and Stories of Abraham Lincoln, p.118, Stackpole Books
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