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" Towering genius disdains a beaten path. It seeks regions hitherto unexplored. "

Abraham Lincoln

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" If ever I feel the soul within me elevate and expand to those dimensions not wholly unworthy of its Almighty Architect, it is when I contemplate the cause of my country, deserted by all the world beside, and I standing up boldly and lone and hurling defiance at her victorious oppressors. "

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" I like to see a man proud of the place in which he lives. I like to see a man live so that his place will be proud of him. "

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