Quote#Death
They remind us that he is a great man, and that the largest of us are…
Quote byAbraham Lincoln · 1809–1865
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The House Divided speech (1858).
English (original)
They remind us that he is a great man, and that the largest of us are very small ones. Let this be granted. But "a living dog is better than a dead lion." Judge Douglas, if not a dead lion, for this work, is at least a caged and toothless one.
— Abraham Lincoln
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