ABRAHAM LINCOLN
Two Chroniclers:
The two speaking together: Kinsmen, you shall beholdOur stage, in mimic action, mould A man's character.This is the wonder, always, everywhere—Not that vast mutability which is event,The pits and pinnacles of change,But man's desire and valiance that rangeAll circumstance, and come to port unspent.Agents are these events, these ecstasies,And tribulations, to prove the puritiesOr poor oblivions that are...
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