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Law is nothing else but the best reason of wise men applied for ages to the transactions and business of mankind. ✨ Gene Griessman, Abraham Lincoln (1998). The Words Lincoln Lived By: 52 Timeless Principles to Light Your Path, p.70, Simon and Schuster
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