Quote#Hope
I know of nothing so pleasant to the mind, as the discovery of…
Quote byAbraham Lincoln · 1809–1865
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Address before the Wisconsin State Agricultural Society (1859).
English (original)
I know of nothing so pleasant to the mind, as the discovery of anything which is at once new and valuable — nothing which so lightens and sweetens toil, as the hopeful pursuit of such discovery.
— Abraham Lincoln
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