All creation is a mine, and every man a miner. The whole earth, and al…

Abraham Lincoln
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All creation is a mine, and every man a miner. The whole earth, and all within it, upon it, and round about it, including himself ... are the infinitely various leads from which, man, from the first, was to dig out his destiny. ✨ Abraham Lincoln (2008). The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, p.437, Wildside Press LLC
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