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I told myself, "lincoln, you can never make a lawyer if you do not understand what demonstrate means." so i left my situation in springfield, went home to my father's house, and stayed there till i could give any proposition in the six books of euclid at sight. i then found out what "demonstrate" means, and went back to my law studies.
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Abraham Lincoln
I told myself, "lincoln, you can never make a lawyer if you do not understand what demonstrate means." so i left my situation in springfield, went home to my father's house, and stayed there till i could give any proposition in the six books of euclid at sight. i then found out what "demonstrate" means, and went back to my law studies.
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