I could not have slept tonight if I had left that helpless little creature to perish on the ground. (reply to friends who chided him for delaying them by stopping to return a fledgling to its nest.)
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I remember my mother's prayers and they have always followed me. They have clung to me all my life.
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If elected I shall be thankful if not, it will be all the same.
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