I Could Write Shorter Sermons

All My Life I Have Tried To Pluck A Thistle And Plant A Flower Wherever The Flower Would Grow In Thought And Mind.

Almost Every Thing, Especially Of Governmental Policy, Is An Inseparable Compound Of The Two [good And Evil].

Things May Come To Those Who Wait, But Only The Things Left By Those Who Hustle.

And Upon This Act [emancipation Proclamation]...i Invoke...the Gracious Favor Of Almighty God.

...i Do Not Mean To Say That This General Government Is Charged With The Duty Of Redressing Or Preventing All The Wrongs In The World; But I Do Think That It Is Charged With The Duty Of Preventing And Redressing All Wrongs Which Are Wrongs To Itself.