The leading rule for the lawyer, as for the man of every other calling…

Abraham Lincoln
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The leading rule for the lawyer, as for the man of every other calling, is diligence. Leave nothing for to-morrow which can be done to-day. Never let your correspondence fall behind. Whatever piece of business you have in hand, before stopping, do all the labor pertaining to it which can then be done. ✨ Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. Volume 2 by Abraham Lincoln, New Brunswick, N.J: Rutgers University Press, 1953.
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