Famous Quotes | My father, at the death of his...

My father, at the death of his father, was but six years of age; and he grew up, literally without education. - Abraham Lincoln
Attribution: Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865), U.S. president. letter to Jesse W. Fell, Dec. 20, 1859. Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, vol. 3, p. 511, Rutgers University Press (1953, 1990).

Categories: Education, Fathers, President

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