I could not sleep when I got on such a hunt for an idea until I had ca…

Abraham Lincoln
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I could not sleep when I got on such a hunt for an idea until I had caught it; ...This was a kind of passion with me, and it has stuck by me; for I am never easy now, when I am handling a thought, till I have bounded it north, and bounded it south, and bounded it east, and bounded it west. ✨ Abraham Lincoln, Bob Blaisdell (2013). Abraham Lincoln's Wit & Wisdom, p.12, Courier Corporation
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