I am now the most miserable man living. If what I feel equally distributed to the whole human family, there would not be one cheerful face on the earth. Whether I shall ever be better, I cannot tell; I awfully forebode I shall not. To remain as I am is impossible. I must die or be better, it appears to me. β¨ Abraham Lincoln (1989). Abraham Lincoln: Speeches & Writings Part 1: 1832-1858: Library of America #45, p.69, Library of America
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