Abraham Lincoln, letter to James C. Conkling (26 August 1863), as quoted by E. J. Young, The Lesson of the Hour, in Magazine of History, No. 43. (Extra number)
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Peace will come soon and come to stay, and so come as to be worth keeping in all future time. It will then have been proved that among free men there can be no successful appeal from the ballot to the bullet, and that they who take such appeal are sure to lose their cases and pay the cost.
— Abraham on Peace
What It Means
This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Peace will come soon and come to stay, and so come as to be worth keeping in all future time. It will then have been proved that among free men there can be no successful appeal from the ballot to the bullet, and that they who take such appeal are sure to lose their cases and pay the cost." in the context of "Abraham Lincoln, letter to James C. Conkling (26 August 1863), as quoted by E. J. Young, The Lesson of the Hour, in Magazine of History, No. 43. (Extra number)" to mean that wisdom is timeless.
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About Abraham
Abraham (Hebrew: אַבְרָהָם, Modern Avraham Tiberian ʼAḇrāhām, Arabic: إبراهيم, Ibrāhīm, ʼAbrəham), born Abram (c. 1900 BC?), is the founding patriarch of the Israelites, Ishmaelites, Edomites, Midianites and kindred peoples, according to the three Abrahamic religions.
About Abraham
Abraham (Hebrew: אַבְרָהָם, Modern Avraham Tiberian ʼAḇrāhām, Arabic: إبراهيم, Ibrāhīm, ʼAbrəham), born Abram (c. 1900 BC?), is the founding patriarch of the Israelites, Ishmaelites, Edomites, Midianites and kindred peoples, according to the three Abrahamic religions.
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