I expect to maintain this contest until successful, or till I die, or …

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I expect to maintain this contest until successful, or till I die, or am conquered, or my term expires, or Congress or the country forsakes me. ✨ Abraham Lincoln (2008). The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, p.292, Wildside Press LLC
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I expect to maintain this contest until successful, or till I die, or am conquered, or my term expires, or Congress or the country forsakes me. ✨ Abraham Lincoln (2008). The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, p.292, Wildside Press LLC

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