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Freddy 2022-04-22 07:01:05
savior of the country
1. Two well-known Americans I knew when I was ten years old: one was MJ and the other was him; 2. He started to make a living at the age of 18 and did not have a stable career until the age of 25: land surveyor. Later, the reason why he became a lawyer was because his father used his savings to buy...
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Karley 2022-04-23 07:01:31
lincoln
"It has been 87 years since the sages established the country. Freedom and equality are the foundation of the country. Now that the civil war is here, I came here for the survival of the country. I wish to commemorate the warriors with a square inch. Assuming the remaining heavy responsibilities,...
Daniel Fissmer
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[Giving a speech at a dedication, Lincoln stands beside the flagpole, and with great ceremony takes off his hat, removes a piece of paper from inside and unfolds it, then puts on his glasses]
Abraham Lincoln: [reading] The part assigned to me is to raise the flag which, if there be no fault in the machinery, I will do. And, when up, it shall be for the people to keep it up.
[takes off his glasses and re-folds the paper]
Abraham Lincoln: That's my speech.
[laughter]
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Abraham Lincoln: [greeting a pair of visitors from Jefferson City] I heard tell once of a Jefferson City lawyer who had a parrot that would wake him each morning crying out 'today's the day the world shall end as scripture has foretold'. And one day, the lawyer shot him for the sake of peace and quiet I presume, thus fulfilling, for the bird at least, his prophecy.
[the guests don't laugh]
